Who is Meta whistle-blower Sarah Wynn-Williams? The former New Zealand diplomat used to work with ‘careless people’ Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook, and just released a tell-all memoir
Meta has successfully barred a former Facebook employee from promoting or further distributing copies of her tell-all memoir, Careless People – so who is the author, Sarah Wynn-Williams?
Meta has successfully barred a former Facebook employee from promoting or further distributing copies of her tell-all memoir Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism, as reported by the BBC.
Facebook’s parent company said the emergency ruling affirms that “the false and defamatory book should never have been published”. Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company’s global public policy director, alleges sexual harassment and human rights failures in her book, per NBC News. Meta has disputed the allegations.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the UK publisher Macmillan said: “As publishers, we are committed to upholding freedom of speech and her right to tell her story. Due to legal process instituted by Meta, the author has been prevented from continuing to participate in the book’s publicity.”
Here’s what we know about Sarah Wynn-Williams and her book.
Where is Sarah Wynn-Williams from?
Wynn-Williams was born and raised in New Zealand, according to The New York Times. After working with the United Nations, she became a diplomat at her country’s embassy in Washington. She is also an international lawyer, having earned a BA in political science, international relations and diplomacy from the University of Canterbury and a Master of Laws from Victoria University, per the World Economic Forum.
What did Sarah Wynn-Williams do at Facebook?
