Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence(theguardian.com)

30 points by beardyw 53 minutes ago | 5 comments

gpt5 12 minutes ago |

Note that she was following her lawyers advice. Not a gag order from Meta. This advice l is standard practice when you have an active litigation against you (everything you say can and will be used against you).

Edit: I stand corrected. See comment below.

pjc50 4 minutes ago | |

There is apparently a court order involved:

"Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, secured an emergency legal order on the eve of publication preventing her from publicly discussing aspects of the book, and she faces fines of $50,000 (£37,000) each time she breaches the order."

uxhacker 23 minutes ago |

As Mark Zuckerberg has said in 2017 :

"I'm here today because I believe that we must continue to stand for free expression," he said. "You should be able to say things that other people don't like, but you shouldn't be able to say things that put people in danger."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/facebook-ceo-promote...

Chris2048 16 minutes ago | |

Presumably he meant on Facebook, not on Facebook..

helpfulmandrill 4 minutes ago |

Might buy a second copy. Can always give it away.