Facebook whistleblower gag order

Why did Emily Maitlis asked Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams to leave studio?

They [META] have said in press releases that she defamed them, but notably they have never filed a defamation claim
Amy Wallace, winner of Freedom To Publish prize

Among the Facebook insider Wynn-Williams' claims in new book Careless People are allegations that Facebook "embedded" members of its staff in the 2016 Donald Trump campaign for President, that Mark Zuckerberg once planned to run for office himself, that it collaborated with the Chinese Communist Party, and was working on predatory techniques targeting teenage girls across its social media platforms.

Facebook collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party

The book shares details of Facebook's efforts to crack the Chinese social media market, and claims it has been working "hand in glove with the Chinese Communist Party for years" to achieve this.

In the book, Wynn-Williams writes; “In exchange for the ability to establish operations in China, Facebook will agree to grant the Chinese government access to Chinese users' data, including Hong Kong users.”

So, Facebook would be complicit in a program to spy on Chinese citizens, which in effect means Facebook working for the Chinese government.

Facebook denies all allegations made against it.

But they haven't gone after her for defamation, because if she got something very wrong, they would. Bear that in mind.

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