Meta stops whistleblower from promoting memoir on Facebook, China after alleged NDA violations

A former Facebook director has been ordered to stop promoting and distributing copies of her new memoir that details allegations against the company following an emergency ruling won by Meta on Wednesday.

The book, Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams, recounts her experience working for Meta as its global public policy director from 2011 to 2015. In the memoir, she detailed allegations that executives had collaborated with the Chinese government, exploring ways for Beijing to censor and control content "in exchange for access to the lucrative market," the BBC reported.

Meta refuted the allegations, saying that it has been "no secret" that the company was once interested in operating services in China. "We ultimately opted to not go through with the ideas we'd explored," said Meta.

The memoir also makes multiple allegations against former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg. Wynn-Williams claims in the book that the former Meta COO once spent $13,000 on lingerie during a Europe trip and at one point told Wynn-Williams to to “come to bed” during a flight on a private jet, the New York Post reported.