Former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams sues company, alleges surveillance and silencing campaign over memoir
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Former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming it surveilled her for a year and used a private arbitration order and severance agreement to silence her. The suit, filed in federal court in Northern California, argues the non-disparagement agreement she signed upon leaving Meta was done under duress and that the arbitration order barring her from speaking about the company or promoting her bestselling memoir "Careless People" is invalid.
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Hacker NewsFormer Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams sues company, alleges surveillance and silencing campaign over memoirfortune.comKey quotes
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The lawsuit...claims the tech giant's private arbitration order barring her from speaking about the company or promoting her bestselling book is invalid
The severance agreement she signed when she left Meta, in which she agreed not to disparage the company, was done under duress
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