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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

Nevertheless, Meta has informed Wynn-Williams that her silent, motionless appearance on a stage constitutes a further breach of her "agreement" and that they are going to seek even *more* damages from her. 31/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

This act of anti-ice cream thuggery has pushed Wynn-Williams over the edge and now she's sued to invalidate her contract: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 32/

Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ herFormer employee files complaint accusing company of ‘coercive surveillance’ and first amendment violationwww.theguardian.com
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

Her lawyers have posted their documents related to the suit, including a 285-page declaration by Wynn-Williams explaining the great lengths she's gone to in order to comply with Meta's demands, and the company's absolute intransigence and arbitrary menace: katzbanks.com/sarah-wynn-w... 33/

Sarah Wynn Williams - Meta Lawsuit Documents - Katz Banks Kumin LLPComplaint Declaration of Sarah Wynn-Williams  SWW Motion to Exceed Page Number Limit PI Motion (Attachment to the Administrative Motion to Exceed Pagekatzbanks.com
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

Why would Meta be so intent on destroying this one high-profile whistleblower? Surely they've heard of the Streisand Effect. There is no better way to ensure that Wynn-Williams' book (already a NYT #1 bestseller) continues to attract readers than to continue to escalate these threats. 34/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

I think they're perfectly aware that they are convincing more people to read *Careless People* (you should read it, it's genuinely excellent): us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 35/

Careless People#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AN...us.macmillan.com
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

But I think they've decided that this is a price worth paying, because: a) They've done even *worse* things since Wynn-Williams parted ways with the company; and 36/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

b) They're laying off thousands of workers because their giant bet on AI has been a flop, leaving them with a massive cash crunch; and 37/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

c) By destroying Sarah Wynn-Williams, they can terrorize all those thousands of bitter ex-employees into silence about the even graver sins the company has committed. 38/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

That's my theory, anyway: www.businessinsider.com/meta-layoffs... 39/

Meta layoffs hit 2 jobs the hardest as CEO Mark Zuckerberg pours billions into the AI raceThe two groups made up more than half of Meta's layoffs in California and Washington state. Meta is embracing small teams and AI tools internally.www.businessinsider.com
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

Lukashenka knew that arresting children for eating ice cream would make him a laughingstock abroad. Zuckerberg knows that threatening Wynn-Williams for standing in wooden silence on a stage makes him look like history's most guillotineable billionaire. 40/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

But both Lukashenka and Zuckerberg are willing to be thought a thin-skinned bully, so long as that means the people they oppress the most are too terrified to ever challenge their authority. eof/

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form...

Well I certainly hope Zuck is easier to pry off than that other guy.

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Chris Braunsdorf

Thin-skinned bullies are all the rage these days.

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Arthur Burns 2.0

Amazing thread!!

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mistymeanorhavuk

thank you for this thread, i had been meaning to buy the book and this post pushed me to do it

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Richard Battye

Thanks, seems sadly v believable. I’m halfway through Careless People and have a side thought: beyond all the specific goings on the book does an excellent job of showing the meta leadership to be an awful collection of incurious thin skinned self-interested ****s. Which being true isn’t libellous.

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Sandra Kelly

Just bought the book!!

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Ben Holt 🇨🇦

I'm reminded of Chevron's pursuit of Steven Donziger. Different, but similar.

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Anthony Cregan

eof/ = End Of Fred?

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Kit Byatt

Careless People is next on my reading list after I've finished Karen Hao's 'Empire of AI — Inside the reckless race for total domination'... It's difficult not to see parallels!

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grant

"Let them hate, so long as they fear."

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MovingTrainMedia

Arresting children for eating ice cream is Burgermeister Meisterberger level stuff.

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elShoggotho

Nah, the latter is always Elmo.

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Will Lawless

Would be interested to hear your thoughts on this: www.independent.ie/business/iri...

No legal gag from Meta and no tech shares – Data Protection Commissioner Niamh Sweeney on regulating her former employersData Protection Commissioner Niamh Sweeney has said there is no gagging order hanging over her from her former bosses at Meta, a company she now regulates and which has been fined over €2.8bn by the w...www.independent.ie
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Slurpees4Lyfe

💯💯

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Roland Gerritsen van der Hoop

Tyrants never learn. Either because they feel overconfident or because they feel very threatened they always go after their critics with a vengeance that proves the critic’s point.

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M Ramberg

Tyrants learn all the time how to continue being tyrants. That's why we still have them.

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Roland Gerritsen van der Hoop

There have always been tyrants. Some people are just evil. But often they end badly. Unfortunately mostly not before they have done their damage.