A onetime Facebook insider who wrote a blistering bestseller about the company now wants a federal judge to let her talk about it. Former policy executive Sarah Wynn-Williams has sued Meta, arguing the company's move to force her into arbitration—and to gag her from promoting her memoir, Careless People—is unlawful and rooted in a severance deal she says she signed under pressure. Wynn-Williams says she was required to sign the agreement before she was allowed to request reimbursement for pre-approved business expenses she purchased using her own funds, People reports.
The book, which hit No. 1 on the New York Times list, accuses top leaders of considering handing over user data to China and details alleged sexual harassment by her then-bosses Joel Kaplan and Sheryl Sandberg—claims Meta has called "false and defamatory." After publication in March 2025, an arbitrator ordered Wynn-Williams to stop making negative public comments about Meta; she's asking a court to void that order, halt the arbitration, and scrap her severance agreement, plus award damages for lost sales and speaking fees.
Meta, which is seeking more than $50,000 per alleged breach of the deal, says she's simply using the courts to move books. Wynn-Williams counters that California's "Silenced No More" law and Meta's own public promises led her to believe she was free to speak. She also accuses the company of "coercive surveillance," noting its representatives have attended all her public appearances, the Guardian reports.
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