Met stops former Facebook director to promote a critical memoir

Meta has won an emergency decision in the United States to suspend a temporary Facebook director to promote or further distribute copies of his memoir.

The book Sarah Win-Win-Waliams, who was the director of the company's global public policy, includes a series of critical allegations of what she witnessed in her seven years working on Facebook.

The Facebook Mother Company, Meta, says the decision – which orders her to stop the promotions “to the extent of her control” – confirms that “the fake and defamatory book should never be published.”

The UK publisher McMilan says he is “committed to maintaining” the right to freedom of expression “and” the right to tell her story. “

He told the BBC that she had to make “vast media” in the UK and internationally and “was prevented from doing so.”

At a hearing on Wednesday at the American Arbitration Association -a neutral third party that resolves disputes outside the court -d -wynn -williams was said that it should refrain from participating or “enhance any more negligible, decisive or otherwise harmful comments.”

All the previous neglectful comments “Up to the extent of its control” must also be withdrawn, the decision said.

The book is a former New Zealand diploma account Mrs. Wynn-Williams for joining Facebook in 2011 and watching it to grow from the front row seat.

Her claims include this The leaders had worked “hand in glove” with the Chinese government Regarding the potential ways to allow Beijing to censor and control content in exchange for access to the profitable market.

Meta disputes the allegations contained in the book. As for China, he says “it's no secret that we've ever been interested” in service services there. “In the end, we decided not to go through the ideas we have studied.”

The wynn -williams also filed a complaint to report to the US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), claiming that Meta misleads investors -which Meta also denies. BBC reviewed the complaint.

During the emergency hearing, arbitrator Nicholas Gowen found that Meta had provided sufficient evidence that Mrs. Wynn-Williams had potentially violated her contract for compensation. She personally does not attend the hearing on Thursday.

In his decision, G -n Gowan said Meta would suffer “an immediate and irreparable loss” in the absence of a temporary decision in the case.

He does not order the publisher of the book, Flatiiron Books, or her mother company Macmillan to take any action.

The decision will remain in force unless it is changed or canceled after a full hearing.

Following the decision, Meta spokesman Andy Stone said in an X publication: “This decision confirms that Sarah Win-Winamas's counterfeit books should never be published.”

Careless people were released in the United States, where it was number six in the Amazon ranking on Tuesday. It was published in the UK on Thursday.

In a statement, a spokesman for McMila said: “As publishers, we are committed to maintaining the freedom of speech and her right to tell her story. Due to a legal process created by Meta, the author is prevented from continuing to participate in the publicity of the book. “