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Monday, June 1, 2026

Facebook whistleblower forced to sit in silence onstage during Hay Festival talk after Meta injunction - The Independent

A former Facebook employee who wrote a bestselling memoir about the company appeared on stage at the 2026 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts – but was forbidden from saying a word.

Sarah Wynn-Williams, author of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, had been advised against participating in the public talk “The Power of Tech”, following a legal injunction imposed by Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

The author risks a fine of $50,000 (37,100) any time she engages in promoting the book.

In Careless People, she detailed her...



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