Explosive Meta memoir tops US best-seller list

'Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism,' which criticizes Meta, was released connected March 11. Photo: JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP/File
Source: AFP

A scathing publication astir Facebook genitor institution Meta, whose writer has been barred from promoting her work, entered astatine the apical of the New York Times bestseller database aft its archetypal week of merchandise successful the United States.

The publication besides ranks 4th connected Amazon's bestseller list, the level showed connected Thursday.

In "Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism," which was released connected March 11, Sarah Wynn-Williams recounts moving astatine the tech titan from 2011 to 2017.

Wynn-Williams's publication includes claims of intersexual harassment by longtime institution enforcement Joel Kaplan, a salient Republican and state of President Donald Trump who took implicit arsenic caput of Meta's planetary affairs squad this year.

She besides wrote of Meta, past known arsenic Facebook, exploring the anticipation of breaking into the lucrative Chinese marketplace by appeasing authorities censors there. XXX

Meta rapidly took the substance to arbitration, contending the publication violates a non-disparagement declaration signed by Wynn-Williams erstwhile she worked with the company's planetary affairs team.

An arbitration tribunal granted Meta's petition to barroom Wynn-Williams from promoting the publication oregon making derogatory statements astir the company.

She besides indispensable retract erstwhile captious comments astir Meta oregon its executives, according to the ruling, which remains successful spot until the quality is settled successful the backstage arbitration process. XXX

"This ruling affirms that Sarah Wynn-Williams' mendacious and defamatory publication should ne'er person been published," Meta communications manager Andy Stone said astatine the clip successful a station connected X, formerly Twitter.

Stone said Wynn-Williams was "fired for mediocre show and toxic behavior," having made a bid of unfounded allegations that the institution investigated.

Another publication that is highly captious of Meta, "The Anxious Generation," which paints a acheronian representation of societal media's effect connected children, is presently 4th connected the Times best-seller database a twelvemonth aft its release.

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Source: AFP