Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit silently during a panel appearance on Sunday after Meta obtained a legal order blocking her from discussing her tell-all book.
Wynn-Williams’s bestselling book, Carless People, made a variety of bombshell accusations against the company, including allegations that a senior executive engaged in sexual harassment. Meta, owned by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, pursued arbitration against their former executive, blocking her from discussing the book publicly and imposing a $50,000 fine for each breach of that order.
Despite the legal barriers, Wynn-Williams appeared on a Sunday panel at the literature and arts Hay Festival with investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and legal scholar Tim Wu. Wynn-Williams was prevented from speaking or even nodding or shaking her head, given guidance by her attorney on strict legal barriers that Meta was able to enforce.
“Meta obtained a temporary order preventing Ms.Wynn-Williams from promoting her book or speaking about certain topics regardless of whether what she says is true,” noted her lawyer’s explanatory letter, read aloud by Cadwalldr at the panel.
Meta’s motion, filed in March, specifically noted Wynn-Williams’s planned appearance at the festival as “an example of conduct that should be formally sanctioned,” according to the letter, which also highlighted that both panelists appearing alongside Wynn-Williams were called out by name in Meta’s sanctions as critics of the...
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