Meta Wins Ruling To Block Whistleblower Who Worked With Mark Zuckerberg And Sheryl Sandberg — Book Alleges Harassment And Shady China Strategy - Benzinga
On Wednesday, Meta Platforms, Inc.
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won an emergency legal ruling to block the promotion of a memoir written by a former high-ranking employee who claims the company ignored sexual harassment complaints and quietly built censorship tools for China.
What Happened: Sarah Wynn-Williams, who worked at Facebook from 2011 to 2017 and interacted with top executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg and then-COO Sheryl Sandberg, released a book titled “Careless People” this week.
In it, she accuses Joel Kaplan, Meta's longtime policy chief, of making remarks she reported as sexual harassment, reported the New York Times. Wynn-Williams also accuses Sandberg of inappropriate behavior while describing her “Lean In” narrative as a cover for “unspoken rules” about “obedience and closeness,” according to the Times.
Wynn-Williams also alleged that Meta developed censorship tools to win favor with the Chinese Communist Party, a claim she echoed in a whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC in April.
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Meta responded by filing an emergency motion, citing a violation of a 2017 non-disparagement agreement.
The arbitrator ruled in Meta's favor, barring Wynn-Williams from promoting or further distributing the book, and ordering her to retract prior remarks. "Immediate and irreparable loss will result in the absence of emergency relief," the arbitrator wrote.
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