‘Careless People’: A searing tell-all about destructive structural incentives that embolden Facebook

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In a world where sites of power are increasingly becoming less transparent, less responsive, and less accountable, the corporate whistleblower memoir has evolved from a rare curiosity to an established literary genre. Each new exposé scrapes another layer off the spiffy veneer of statements and postures designed to hide institutional wrongdoing. Sarah Wynn-Williams’s searing tell-all, Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work, adds to the growing corpus of accountability literature. As Facebook’s former Director of Public Policy, Wynn-Williams delivers meticulous documentation of how tech giants prioritise expanding the user base and boosting engagement metrics over well-being and...