Flatiron Books says it will keep publishing book from ex-Meta employee

Flatiron Books, the patient of a caller book by an ex-Meta staffer alleging misconduct and harassment astatine the company, says successful a connection that a caller arbitration bid demanding that the book nary longer beryllium published has “no impact” connected Macmillan.

The ruling instructs Sarah Wynn-Williams, the writer of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, to stop making “disparaging” remarks against Meta and, wherever possible, cease promoting aliases publishing the book. Meta appears to person been capable to bring the lawsuit to arbitration because of an statement Wynn-Williams signed erstwhile she near the institution successful 2017.

“We are appalled by Meta’s strategies to soundlessness our writer done the usage of a non-disparagement clause successful a severance agreement,” a spokesperson astatine Macmillan, the genitor institution of Flatiron Books, says successful a connection to The New York Times. “To beryllium clear, the arbitrator’s bid makes nary reference to the claims wrong Careless People. The book went done a thorough editing and vetting process, and we stay committed to publishing important books specified arsenic this. We will perfectly proceed to support and beforehand it.”

Meta didn’t instantly reply to a petition for comment.