Meta Moves to Block Whistleblower From Promoting Memoir Alleging Sexual Harassment

An abitrator has temporarily granted an emergency petition by Meta to stop the promotion of a former employee's memoir, in which she alleges that she was fired after reporting she was sexually harassed by her boss. Sarah Wynn-Williams' "Careless People," which details her time at Facebook from 2011 to 2017, accuses Joel Kaplan, the company's current policy chief, of making number of inappropriate comments. Meta sought arbitration, arguing that the book is prohibited under a non-disparagment clause in Wynn-Williams' severance agreement. An emergency arbitrator ruled against . . .