> it's interesting seeing Meta go after the employee but seemingly not make much of an effort to go after the publisher.
Why? As The Fine Article points out, the publisher wasn't party to the agreement they're trying to enforce.
Why? As The Fine Article points out, the publisher wasn't party to the agreement they're trying to enforce.
This is the purpose of those agreements.
Meta has no such agreement with the publisher.
You can argue about the merits of such agreement separately, but there isn’t any mystery in this situation. Employee entered into an agreement with Meta and then broke the agreement. Meta is pursuing the terms of the agreement.
https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Arbitration-...
Seems like she, personally, has been spared the need to go out and promote the book, the only thing Facebook seems to have gotten out of the arbitration. In return they provided far more promotion than her appearing on podcasts would have done.
IANAL, and would really like to read some legal commentary of what Facebook thought they were going to achieve. As far as I can tell they have a pretty hollow victory. Even if they were somehow able to stop her from receiving royalties, it seems like Macmillan could pay her sideway with a contract and advance on her next book, her story of Facebook trying to silence her. Once again, IANAL, desperately want to read multi page thoughts from one on the Facebook strategy.
Yes, I bought the book and am enjoying it immensely. It has a nice fun irreverent sense of humor.