Publisher stands behind ex-Facebook employee's book, rebuffing Meta
Book publisher Macmillan said on Thursday it would continue promoting a book written by a former Facebook employee who is now critical of the tech company.
Book publisher Macmillan said on Thursday it would continue promoting a book written by a former Facebook employee who is now critical of the tech company, despite a statement by Meta that the book should not have been published and an order by an arbitrator for the author to retract claims she had made that were “disparaging, critical or otherwise detrimental.”
The book, “Careless People” by Sarah Wynn-Williams, was published Tuesday, and it covers the six-plus years when Wynn-Williams worked at the social media giant. She oversaw Facebook’s government relations for entire continents and had direct contact with executives including CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
On Wednesday, Meta won an interim decision from an arbitrator finding that Wynn-Williams violated a non-disparagement clause in her severance agreement, according to a copy of the decision shared by Meta. The arbitrator ordered Wynn-Williams to retract any comments critical of the company, cease promoting her book and, to the extent possible, end her role in distributing the book.
But the arbitrator’s decision did not apply to Macmillan, and the publisher said it would “absolutely continue to support and promote” the book.
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