A former Facebook executive has been temporarily barred from promoting a newly published book in which she made scathing comments about chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and the company, now called Meta.

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An emergency arbitrator imposed the prohibition Wednesday on Sarah Wynn-Williams, who was fired from her position as a global policy director for Facebook in 2017. The arbitrator found that Wynn-Williams probably violated a non-disparagement agreement with her former employer when she released “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” this week. The tell-all memoir, already a top seller on Amazon, provided a critical insider’s look into the social media company, including accusations that Zuckerberg misled investors and American regulators about the company’s attempts to cooperate with Chinese government censors, and that Meta’s chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan sexually harassed her (which Meta has denied).

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The comments express strong criticism of Meta and its actions to temporarily bar Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her book. Many commenters view the arbitration decision as an attack on free speech and a tactic to suppress potentially damaging information about Meta. There is a... Show more

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