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Wynn-Williams' conditions of employment required her to sign a contract that bound her to silence (nondisclosure), forbade her from speaking ill of the company (nondisparagement), and denied her access to the legal system in all her dealings with Meta (binding arbitration). 20/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

Together, these clauses - routinely used by Meta to silence would-be whistleblowers - meant after Wynn-Williams's book was published, Meta got its arbitrator - a lawyer paid by Meta to adjudicate disputes instead of an actual judge - to order her to never promote or even speak about her book. 21/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

The arbitrator awarded Meta $50,000 for each criticism that Wynn-Williams levied, quickly coming to a total of over *$11,000,000*. 22/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

This vastly exceeds the assets and lifetime earning potential of Wynn-Williams and her husband (a reporter with the *Financial Times*). If this bill ever truly comes due, they will be wiped out. 23/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

Which raises an interesting question: what *else* can they do to her? Once they've secured civil damages that exceeds her net worth several times over, why shouldn't she just flout her agreement? "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose," and all that. 24/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

Nevertheless, Wynn-Williams has scrupulously hewed to the arbitrator's rules, steadfastly remaining silent about her book, its contents, and her experiences at Facebook/Meta. 25/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

When she and I appeared onstage together in London for the launch for my book *Enshittification* last year, she fell silent and assumed a blank expression any time the subject of Meta came up, and she didn't sign or sell books afterward: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202... 26/

Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Sarah Wynn-Williams and Chris Morris | BarbicanIs life online getting worse and worse? Leading tech critic and science fiction author, Cory Doctorow shares strategies for how we might reclaim the internet.www.barbican.org.uk

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

When she won the British Book Award, she did not speak to accept it, and the cover of her book was blurred out on the overhead screen: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... 27/

Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awardsIn a rare public appearance, Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams warned of ‘networks of powerful elites’ using wealth and influence to silence dissenting voiceswww.theguardian.com

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

(She gave an acceptance speech on behalf of her co-winner, the late Virginia Giuffre, who was abused by Jeffrey Epstein and who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault:) 28/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

27 июн., 14:15

Nevertheless, when she was to speak - about a subject other than her book - at the Hay Festival with Tim Wu and Carole Cadwalladr, Meta sent a legal threat to the festival and Wynn-Williams, claiming that if by speaking about *anything* in public, she would violate the arbitrator's order. 29/

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festivalSarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firmwww.theguardian.com

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ginalolajupiter

5 авг., 00:58

wow that’s NASTY. A real trumpian move.

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Paul Fernandez

27 июн., 15:34

(... see also Hunter Biden [per Genny Harrison substack.com/home/post/p-... ], Stormy Daniels, Monica Lewinsky ...)

Nobody Threatens the Guy Who Brought His Own MugshotApparently rock bottom has excellent lighting.substack.com

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GenderQueeries 🇨🇦

29 июн., 15:03

"a lawyer paid by Meta to adjudicate disputes" It could be suggested that this is an opportunity...

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Karl "deadlight" Williams

29 июн., 14:02

It's wild how lawless the system is when billionaires can just steal everything from someone by spending more thelan they can afford. Whistle blowing is protected by law. Employment contracts terms should never be allowed to bind anyone after the employment is ceased. Signing away legal rights is bs