Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – Zuckerberg and me

A Facebook ex-director’s explosive memoirs have left the social media behemoth attempting to stop the author from promoting or further distributing copies.

The book, Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, who used to be the company’s global public policy director, includes a series of critical claims about what she witnessed during her seven years working at Facebook.

In it, she lays claim that Facebook met with advertisers to sell data about children to promote content to them whilst at their most vulnerable.

Have you read it? Have you been able to get hold of it?

Let us know your thoughts below.

Read The Guardian’s review here




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