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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Ella Creamer and Michael Savage

Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her

Sarah Wynn-WilliamsSarah Wynn-Williams arrives to testify during a Senate judiciary subcommittee in April 2025
Sarah Wynn-Williams’s book about her time working for Meta, Careless People, was published in March 2025. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images

The Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the tech company over its efforts to “silence” her.

A 57-page complaint filed to a US district court in California on Thursday argues that an interim arbitration ruling sought by Meta preventing Wynn-Williams from publicising her memoir, Careless People, was “improper and unlawful” and a “blatant violation of the first amendment”. It also accuses the company of “coercive surveillance”.

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