Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says

ChrisArchitect

Discussions: Zuckerberg's Increasingly Bizarre War on Whistleblowers https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698684 'Careless People' author claims Meta surveilled her for 12mos to enforce silence https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48701822

fsloth

If you loved Catch-22 you will love ”Careless people”! I warmly recommend a read. Not to support Sarah necessarily - just because the book is great! It’s not really a spill-the-tea as much absurdist escapade in corporate america. Ok the details on Zuckerberg and ”Lean In” Sandberg _are_ bizarre. Which makes it a super fun read.

gherkinnn

It has been [0] days since the last report on nasty Meta shenanigans. On a related note, I believe (based on no evidence) that Zuckerberg knows of a lot more nasty dealings and wants to crucify Wynn-Williams to scare off any potential whistleblowers.

paulcole

Her book was one of the worst I read last year. Gets a really high paying, competitive, prestigious job. Goes overboard to please executives. Surprised when it takes a toll on her life. Blames everyone but herself. Who’s surprised that Zuckerberg and Sandberg are total freaking weirdos? Who’s surprised that someone who works with them has their entire identity wrapped up in their work life?

jauntywundrkind

Cory Doctorow had a great write up two weeks ago, Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/27/zuckerstreisand-2/#autodi... His end thesis is that even though Meta knows of the Streisand effect, even though they full on expect to lose, badly, and look like bullies chuds and losers, with no real defense, they are doing it to keep everyone else who works or worked at Meta on line, to engage in gratuitous overkill as a message. Sounds about right! He also had a very excellent piece on pro-Monopolists like Thiel, which just feels so close a breed of absolute deranged fucking madness. Excellent read. Realest of real problems. Deranged billionaires and their syndromes, https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/lucky-orifices/

DivingForGold

Zuck is PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 Witness Zuck under oath being interrogated by Josh Hawley in hearings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX2zvfD6GCY