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Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’

Sarah Wynn-Williams remained silent during her hour-long appearance, but sales of Careless People have since increased by more than 300%

The Guardian - UK

I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers

I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers

The company is clearly trying to make an example of the author who wrote about her time at the company. Her free speech should be protected, says Prof Tim Wu of Columbia University Law School

The Guardian - UK

She sat in silence as others discussed her "hostage situation" — how a former Facebook whistleblower is being silenced 'regardless of whether what she says is true'

She sat in silence as others discussed her "hostage situation" — how a former Facebook whistleblower is being silenced 'regardless of whether what she says is true'

Former Facebook exec and whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was silenced from promoting her book at 2026 Hay Festival.

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Facebook whistleblower forced to sit in silence onstage during Hay Festival talk after Meta injunction

Sarah Wynn-Williams wrote the bestselling memoir ‘Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism’, detailing her seven years working for the tech giant

The Independent UK

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

The Guardian - UK

Deal or no deal? The inside story of the battle for Warner Bros

As Paramount, with close ties to the Trump administration, entered the bidding, experts predict any merger will ‘raise red flags’ among regulators

The Guardian - UK

Why the economy has that ‘weird feeling of something you like getting worse’: One of America’s top legal theorists on ‘the age of extraction’

“My understanding of America is that it’s the place where things are supposed to get better,” Columbia Law School’s Tim Wu told Fortune.

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The analyst who once predicted the ‘end of capitalism’ sees Zohran Mamdani’s election as a ‘day of reckoning coming in’—and corporates only have themselves to blame

The analyst who once predicted the ‘end of capitalism’ sees Zohran Mamdani’s election as a ‘day of reckoning coming in’—and corporates only have themselves to blame

Albert Edwards says Zohran Mamdani’s policies are “lunacy,” but big companies “laid the seeds for their own destruction.”

Biden adviser’s brutal two-word verdict after Karine Jean-Pierre’s ‘Broken White House’ defection

Biden adviser’s brutal two-word verdict after Karine Jean-Pierre’s ‘Broken White House’ defection

Former colleagues are no longer holding back about her shortcomings as Biden’s top spokesperson

The Independent UK

The AP’s win against Trump shows principles still have power in the US

The AP’s win against Trump shows principles still have power in the US

Series of actions this week including at Princeton and in a tiny town, offer hope that courageous voices can make a difference

The Guardian - US

Ruling boosts social media free speech protections, some say - Roll Call

Ruling boosts social media free speech protections, some say - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s decision on social media content moderation could expand protections for tech platforms under the First Amendment.

Judges Block Indiana and Mississippi Age Verification Laws for Porn, Social Media

And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.

A Law Professor's Beef With a First Amendment 'Spinning Out of Control': Too Much Speech of the Wrong Sort

Even as he praises judicial decisions that made room for "dissenters" and protected "robust political debate," Tim Wu pushes sweeping rationales for censorship.

A telco double dip attempt that threatens Net neutrality

A telco double dip attempt that threatens Net neutrality

It is imperative for all stakeholders, including policymakers, to recognise the long-term ramifications of acquiescing to the short-sighted demands of telecom companies

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Competition, Not Antitrust, Is Humbling the Tech Giants

The worst of the antitrust alarmism keeps proving untrue, as tech companies believed by some to be monopolies instead lose market share.

The Chicago school economist who warned years ago of America's ‘business dynamism’ fading still sees 'something broken in the background'

Ufuk Akcigit and Sina Ates wrote a paper in 2019 that tracked four decades of economic decline in the U.S. The problems haven't gone away.

The Courts Are Rejecting Biden's Antitrust Crusade

The Biden administration's antitrust efforts are being shut down by judges, except for a single successful case where best-selling authors were involved.

Monkeypox Is Giving Public Health Agencies a Chance To Prove They've Learned Nothing From COVID

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The Biden Administration Can't Make Up Its Mind About Alcohol

Do you want to brag about America’s alcohol industry, or do you want to crack down on it?

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