Meta Stops Ex-Director From Promoting Critical Memoir (bbc.co.uk)
- Reference: 0176705825
- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/13/2043257/meta-stops-ex-director-from-promoting-critical-memoir
- Source link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5zyq0250wo
> Meta has [2]won an emergency ruling in the US to temporarily stop a former director of Facebook from promoting or further distributing copies of her memoir. The book, [3]Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company's global public policy director, includes a series of critical claims about what she witnessed during her seven years working at Facebook.
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> Facebook's parent company, Meta, says the ruling -- which orders her to stop promotions "to the extent within her control" -- affirms that "the false and defamatory book should never have been published." The UK publisher Macmillan says it is "committed to upholding freedom of speech" and Ms Wynn-Williams' "right to tell her story." [You can also hear Ms Wynn-Williams interviewed in the [4]BBC Radio 4 Media Show on March 12.]
[1] https://slashdot.org/~Alain+Williams
[2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5zyq0250wo
[3] https://read.macmillan.com/fib/careless-people/
[4] https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028syn
The more they want to hide it... (Score:2)
the more curious I am what it says. You can't buy this kind of publicity.
"emergency" (Score:2)
Yeah what a real emergency. I was trying to see what judge was hearing the case but it went to arbitration.
Re: (Score:2)
Ya. Complete bullshit headline.
Arbitrator ordered one of the parties subject to the arbitration to do something, probably at the cost of her severance or some shit like that.
The publisher can't be ordered to do shit by the arbitrator, and the only thing the person this order is against can suffer is what she has contracted to suffer in case she violates said contract.
This isn't the judiciary squashing some person's free speech. It's an out-of-court dispute between a company and it's ex-employee.
Weird (Score:2)
I had no idea Facebook held national secrets that could prevent the release of free speech /s
Streisand effect new to broligarchs? (Score:2)
Saw story this morning, bought book on my Kobo immediately.
For the cost of a few (Canadian dollars) to a Canadian/Japanese company (some of which goes to a German-owned publishing house, albeit probably their American subsidiary), on a device that replaced my Kindle last week (unionization-inspired close-down of Amazon depot in Canada earned them a cancelled Prime after more than ten years, no further purchases, cancellation of Audible subscription, even before Emperor Orange Turd and Grand Moff Musk starte
Cue ... (Score:2)
The Streisand effect.
Free speech? (Score:2)
I prefer Speech Premium, now only $14.99 a month!