Meta prevents pre-director from promoting important memoirs

Meta has won an emergency decision in the US to temporarily stop a former Facebook director from promoting or distributing copies of his memoirs.

The Sarah Vyan-Viliums book, careless people, who used to be the Global Public Policy Director of the company, included a series of important claims about what he had seen during the seven years of working on Facebook.

The original company of Facebook, Meta, says the ruling – who orders him to stop promotion “to the extent of its control” to the extent of its control – it confirms that “False and Defamation Book should never have been published”.

The UK publisher Macmillan says it is “committed to maintaining the freedom of speech” and Ms. Vyan-Viliums “” the right to tell her story “.

It told the BBC that it was due to the UK and internationally “comprehensive media” and “prevented from doing so”.

In a hearing at the American Arbitration Association on Wednesday – a neutral third party that resolves disputes out of the court – Ms. Vyan -Villiams was told that they should avoid being attached or “any further unsafe, important or otherwise enhance harmful comments”.

All previous derogatory comments should also be taken back to the extent “within its control”, the ruling also said.

The book is an account of former New Zealand diplomat Ms. Vyan-Viliams to join Facebook in 2011 and see it growing from “Front Row Seat”.

His allegations are involved Officials worked with the Chinese government “hand in gloves” On possible ways to sensor Beijing and control control materials in exchange for attractive market access.

Meta disputes the allegations contained in the book. About China, it says that it is “no secret we were once interested” in operating services there. “We eventually opted to not go with the ideas we discovered.”

Ms. WYNN -Williams has also filed a complaint of whistleblower with the US market regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in which Meta has misled investors – which also refuses the meta. The BBC has reviewed the complaint.

During the emergency hearing, the mediator, Nicholas Goven found that Meta had given enough evidence that Ms. Vyan-Delhi had potentially violated her dissection contract. She did not personally attend Thursday hearing.

In his judgment, Mr. Govan said that Meta would face “immediate and irreparable loss” in the absence of a temporary decision in the case.

He did not order the publisher of the book, Flatiron Books, or its original company, McMillan to take any action.

The ruling influence will remain in the ruling effect until it is revised or raised after a complete hearing.

After the decision, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on X: “The decision decides that the false and defamation book of all the Vyan-Viliums should never be published.”

Careless people were released in the US, where it is at number six on the Amazon chart on Tuesday. It was published in the UK on Thursday.

In a statement, a spokesman from Macmillan said: “As publishers, we are committed to maintaining freedom of speech and their right to tell their story. Due to the legal process established by Mata, the author has been prevented from continuing to participate in the book promotion.”