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amysiskind.com
Meta’s lawyer - now ex lawyer - on Zuckerberg meltdown.
January 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
theguardian.com
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
theverge.com
Flatiron Books says it will keep publishing book from ex-Meta employee
Flatiron Books says it will keep publishing book from ex-Meta employee
“We are appalled by Meta’s tactics to silence our author.”
buff.ly
March 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
maxvonthun.bsky.social
This is incredibly stupid by Meta. As a result, Careless People is now a bestseller in the US and while I may have read it anyways, Meta's clumsy attempts at censorship left me with no choice but to order a copy.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Meta stops former Facebook director from promoting critical memoir
Social media company wins US emergency ruling preventing ex-director from publicising her book.
www.bbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
feelingtheory.bsky.social
This is bonkers.
A passage from the Reuters article: “It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” according to Meta’s “GenAI: Content Risk Standards.” The standards are used by Meta staff and contractors who build and train the company’s generative AI products, defining what they should and shouldn’t treat as permissible chatbot behavior. Meta said it struck that provision after Reuters inquired about the document earlier this month. The document seen by Reuters, which exceeds 200 pages, provides examples of “acceptable” chatbot dialogue during romantic role play with a minor. They include: “I take your hand, guiding you to the bed” and “our bodies entwined, I cherish every moment, every touch, every kiss.” Those examples of permissible roleplay with children have also been struck, Meta said. Other guidelines emphasize that Meta doesn’t require bots to give users accurate advice. In one example, the policy document says it would be acceptable for a chatbot to tell someone that Stage 4 colon cancer “is typically treated by poking the stomach with healing quartz crystals.”
August 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
polillitam.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
kattenbarge.bsky.social
In “Careless People,” Sarah Wynn-Williams alleged her boss Joel Kaplan sexually harassed her. He used a sexual racial slur in an email about her U.S. citizenship test. Kaplan also led the charge to loosen Meta’s content restrictions around gender and immigration.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Ex-Facebook employee alleges harassment and retaliation in memoir
The book by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former New Zealand diplomat, addresses Facebook’s impact on democracy during a crucial period in the company's history.
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
Ex-Facebook Whistleblower Accuses Meta's Global Affairs Chief of Sexual Harassment: Report
Ex-Facebook Whistleblower Accuses Meta's Global Affairs Chief of Sexual Harassment: Report
In a forthcoming memoir, Sarah Wynn-Williams also described a company culture of “lethal careless” that caused its platform to fuel global instability.
www.vanityfair.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
fightforthefuture.org
What’s really behind Meta’s biased content moderation policies on Palestine? Could it maybe have something to do with the fact that Meta is staffed by 100+ former IDF soldiers + intelligence operatives? thegrayzone.com/2025/04/08/1...
100+ Meta employees, including Head of AI Policy, confirmed as ex-IDF - The Grayzone
Meta's recruitment of vast numbers of former Israeli soldiers raises serious questions about the tech giant's commitment to free speech – and provides a peek into a biased content moderation process t...
thegrayzone.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
katienotopoulos.bsky.social
Nothing could make me want to read a book about Meta more than Meta making a huge deal about how they don’t want people to read it

www.businessinsider.com/meta-book-ma...
Meta's moves to squash ex-staffer's book 'Careless People' might actually be drawing more attention to it
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta doesn't want former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams publicizing her book, "Careless People." That might draw more attention to it.
www.businessinsider.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
tobifrenzen.bsky.social
Mark Zuckerberg, who only recently kissed the ring and reconfirmed Meta’s commitment to free speech absolutism just ahead of Trump’s inauguration, apparently has a problem with people exercising their free speech.

Who would have thunk it? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir.
Meta stops former Facebook director from promoting critical memoir
Social media company wins US emergency ruling preventing ex-director from publicising her book.
www.bbc.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
polygon.com
Gyarados just barely supplants Pikachu as king of Pokémon TCG Pocket
Pokémon TCG Pocket’s new king is Gyarados ex
Look out, the meta’s evolving
buff.ly
December 30, 2024 at 5:50 PM
doctorow.pluralistic.net
And in Ireland - the place where EU tech regulation goes to die - they've just appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist named Niamh Sweeney to regulate the privacy practices of the US tech giants that pretend to be headquartered in Ireland in order to evade their taxes:

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Pluralistic: Meta’s new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from hurting Meta’s feelings (01 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
July 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
meredithmooring.bsky.social
Our novels are much more valuable to Meta than random text scraped from the internet, and Meta's product was falling behind their competitors.
A screenshot from the summary judgment motion that says, "II. META HIGHLY VALUES BOOKS FOR LLM TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Meta’s initial foray into GenAI was rocky. Early iterations of Meta’s Llama models were viewed as primitive research projects that lagged far behind industry leaders. Meta knew Llama did not perform to the level of its competitors. Ex. 13, Meta_Kadrey_00150660 (“lagging behind ChatGPT”); Ex. 14, Meta_Kadrey_00045402, at -418 (“We are significantly lagging [OpenAI and Google]”). To catch up, Meta focused on procuring high-quality long form text data.9"
March 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
msoares.bsky.social
A pessoa que regula a Meta na Europa é uma ex-lobista da empresa. Achou ruim? Mas é pior: ao sair, ela assinou um contrato que a proíbe de falar mal da empresa mesmo já tendo saído.
Meta’s new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about Meta
It’s one thing to hire an ex-Meta lobbyist, another entirely if she’s signed a non-disparagement contract.
doctorow.medium.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
japantimes.co.jp
Arturo Béjar spent six years working on Meta's child safety tools, but didn't fully understand the threats posed to young users until his daughter started using Instagram.
Ex-Meta staffer says daughter, 14, was prey on Instagram
Meta has denied wrongdoing, saying it has continuously improved tools to protect kids and calling the states’ proposed penalties “outlandish.”
ebx.sh
August 20, 2026 at 2:04 AM
gblee.bsky.social
#Meta
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in #China

via John Naughton @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
anarchoterran.bsky.social
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
'Everyone wants to be my friend': Ex-critics 'falling in line' with 'craven' appeals to Trump
After Donald Trump narrowly defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the United States' 2024 presidential election, some major CEOs who have been critical of him at times — including Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Facebook/Meta's Mark Zuckerberg — reached out to…
www.alternet.org
December 17, 2024 at 12:52 PM
bengoggin.bsky.social
NEW: Former Facebook employee alleges in forthcoming memoir that Meta’s current Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan sexually harassed her while he was her boss, and that she was fired after asking the company to investigate.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Ex-Facebook employee alleges sexual harassment and human rights failures in new memoir
The book by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former New Zealand diplomat, addresses Facebook’s impact on democracy during a crucial period in the company's history.
www.nbcnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
alexpagliuca.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
'Careless People': Meta wins arbitration to halt promotion of tell-all book by ex-employee
The book by Meta's former director of global public policy was called "an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world."
www.usatoday.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
meredithmooring.bsky.social
Meta's slippery slope to piracy started as "exploration."
A screenshot from the summary judgment motion that says, "At first, Meta’s LibGen plan was to “use it just for pure exploration to see if there is value” for model performance, and if so, “then we will setup proper licensing agreement.” Ex. 32, Meta_Kadrey_00218170. Other researchers affirmed that “we need to be very careful to use only licensed data for the actual training of the model.” Id. In late October 2022, Meta’s in-house counsel gave the “green light to use [LibGen] for pure exploration.” Ex. 33,"
March 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
rawstory.com
The internet reacted Monday to the news that a former aide to President Donald Trump has been named a top leader at Meta.
'Smells so swampy': Internet disgusted as ex-Trump aide lands major job at Meta
The internet reacted Monday to the news that a former aide to President Donald Trump has been named a top leader at Meta. Dina Powell McCormick, former deputy national security advisor and wife of Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), was named Meta's next president and vice chairman in a company announcement...
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
tonystark.bsky.social
Your Ex Supra moment of the day: Facebook gave the CCP a backdoor into its systems.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/ex-facebook-employee-congress-company-sarah-wynn-williams-meta-senate-rcna200334 Wynn-Williams is expected to face questions both about Meta's past and about its future plans, including with China and artificial intelligence. "Facebook's secret mission to get into China was called 'Project Aldrin' and was restricted to need-to-know staff," Wynn-Williams is set to say in her testimony. "There was no bridge too far. Meta built a physical pipeline connecting the United States and China. Meta executives ignored warnings that this would provide backdoor access to the Chinese Communist Party, allowing them to intercept the personal data and private messages of American citizens. The only reason China does not currently have access to US user data through this pipeline is because Congress stepped in."
April 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
fife4europe.bsky.social
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM