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  "textContent": "> Sarah Wynn-Williams’s memoir claims CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives engaged in cruel behavior during her time at the company. A former Meta executive whose memoir, Careless People, provides an explosive insider account of her time at the social media giant , has sued the company for attempting to &#8220;silence&#8221; her. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Northern California, claims the tech giant&#8217;s private arbitration order barring her from speaking about the comp…\n\n<p>Sarah Wynn-Williams’s memoir claims CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives engaged in cruel behavior during her time at the company.</p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/91562037/meta-cto-company-morale-is-probably-one-of-the-worst-its-ever-been-after-layoffs\">Meta executive</a> whose memoir, <em>Careless People,</em> provides an explosive insider account of her time at <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/section/meta\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/section/meta\">the social media giant</a>, has sued the company for attempting to &#8220;silence&#8221; her.<br><br>The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Northern California, claims the tech giant&#8217;s private arbitration order barring her from speaking about the company or promoting her bestselling book is invalid. It also argues that the <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/section/severance\">severance agreement</a> she signed when she left Meta, in which she agreed not to disparage the company, was done under duress.<br><br>Sarah Wynn-Williams served as director of global public policy at Facebook, now operating under the parent company Meta Platforms, from 2011 until her firing in 2017. <em>Careless People</em> alleges cruel and otherwise disturbing behavior by <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/section/mark-zuckerberg\">Mark Zuckerberg</a>, the CEO, and other executives. It also describes Zuckerberg&#8217;s alleged efforts to win favor with Chinese o…",
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