A former Facebook employee who wrote a bestselling memoir about the company appeared on stage at the 2026 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts – but was forbidden from saying a word.
Sarah Wynn-Williams, author of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, had been advised against participating in the public talk “The Power of Tech”, following a legal injunction imposed by Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
