Sarah Wynn-Williams is a former New Zealand diplomat and international lawyer. She joined Facebook after pitching a job and worked there for many years, ultimately becoming director of global public policy. After leaving the company, she has continued to work on tech policy, including artificial intelligence.
Darkly funny and genuinely shocking: an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world. What Wynn-Williams reveals will undoubtedly trigger her former bosses’ ire. Not only does she have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods * The New York Times * Devastating . . . Wynn-Williams is a sharp and funny writer . . . a highly enjoyable read — a Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations * The Times * Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome * Financial Times * Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him -- Marina Hyde, <i>The Guardian</i> A shocking, darkly funny and highly critical exposé * The Sunday Times * A morality tale for our times . . . How else to put this? – bloody hell * The Guardian * Staggering . . . spectacular * The Irish Times * Urgently necessary reading -- Elizabeth Day, author of <i>The Party</i> and <i>Friendaholic</i> Well-written, funny, horrifying, and quite compelling. I was on the edge of my seat, turning pages as fast as I could and ended up reading the book in less than a day. I cackled. I gasped. I laughed. I cringed. I cackled some more. I cringed some more -- Roxane Gay, author of <i>Hunger</i> and <i>Bad Feminist</i> Wynn-Williams writes with the kind of precise fury that can only come from someone who's been inside the beast -- Jake Adelstein, journalist and author of <i>Tokyo Vice</i> Unbelievable and necessary . . . wonderfully written, propulsive, novelistic and laugh-out-loud at times -- Maria Semple, bestselling author of <i>Where'd You Go, Bernadette</i> Jaw-dropping . . . It's a story that will fire you up, and make you want to fight back -- <i>Glamour</i> A well-written bombshell -- Jonathan Haidt, bestselling author of <i>The Anxious Generation</i> Compulsively readable . . . An addictive exposé, filled with explosive allegations . . . Writing this book is perhaps the best thing she did to help to achieve the kind of regulation we urgently need to preserve democracy * Times Literary Supplement * I love Careless People -- Reverend Richard Coles, author of <i>Murder Before Evensong</i> A fascinating exposé of life and culture at Facebook. I couldn’t put it down. It’s high-octane drama in the real world, and it’s equal parts entertaining and horrifying -- V.E. Schwab, bestselling author of <i>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue</i> Reads like a thriller, a farce, a caper . . . There are extraordinary revelations on every page -- Pandora Sykes, journalist and broadcaster