Sarah Wynn-Williams alleges Meta is making an instance of her.
Sarah Wynn-Williams, creator of a e-book detailing her experiences as Fb’s Director of Public Coverage, is suing her former employer. She alleges Meta is “punishing” her for “disclosing its unlawful and indefensible office situations and company misconduct to federal regulators.” That features imposing a broad non-disparagement clause to “silence” makes an attempt to talk out and an alleged marketing campaign of “surveillance to watch Ms. Wynn-Williams’ speech and associations.” The grievance, filed in California yesterday, provides that Meta is doing this “to strike worry into the guts of anybody else who dares to contemplate talking the reality about Meta’s illegal and abusive practices within the public curiosity.”
Her e-book, Careless Individuals, was printed in March 2025 and contained staggering allegations concerning the firm’s management. It’s alleged that Joel Kaplan, the mastermind behind the platform’s rightward shift, did not know Taiwan was an island, harassed Ms. Wynn-Williams and turned a blind eye to occasions in Myanmar. The corporate filed an emergency movement with an arbitrator in search of to block its publication, alleging that Wynn-Williams had violated the non-disparagement settlement she signed as a part of her severance deal. On the time, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone stated the e-book is “false and defamatory,” including it “ought to by no means have been printed.” It was subsequently printed and reached the highest of the New York Occasions’ bestseller listing.
In fact, when Careless Individuals was printed, it immediately prompted the corporate to exit of enterprise and its leaders got the mandatory scrutiny… oh grasp on, wait, no. The corporate’s share worth reached a excessive of $785 a couple of months later, and by the tip of 2025, its person figures had elevated.
