'Careless People' author claims Meta surveilled her for 12mos to enforce silence
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Former Meta director sues, says company surveilled her for a year to enforce gag order.
Sarah Wynn-Williams, author of 'Careless People,' filed a lawsuit in California claiming Meta obtained an emergency gag order barring her from speaking about the company or promoting her book. The suit alleges Meta surveilled her for over a year, sending representatives to photograph her at public appearances to document her silence. Meta seeks $50,000 per violation of her non-disparagement agreement. Meta says the book is 'divorced from reality' and that an arbitrator already ruled she violated her severance agreement.
What commenters are saying
The thread's dominant sentiment is that Meta's aggressive legal action is backfiring, with many commenters calling it the 'Careless People effect' and saying it prompted them to buy or read the book. Several commenters provide specific book details, including allegations about Sheryl Sandberg buying $13,000 of lingerie for assistants and Zuckerberg forgetting a jailed employee's name. Some pushback argues Wynn-Williams signed an NDA and accepted a severance payout before writing the book, characterizing her lawsuit as a cash grab.