An arbitrator has decided in favor of Meta in a case the company brought against Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Meta employee who wrote a memoir published this week detailing alleged claims of misconduct at the company. Macmillan Publishers and its imprint that published the memoir, Flatiron Books, were also named as respondents.

An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.

Macmillan and Flatiron Books, the imprint behind Careless People, were named in Meta’s arbitration request. But the publisher claimed that it should not have been pulled in the dispute since it was not party to Wynn-William’s employment contract.

Ironically, Mark Zuckerberg's company efforts to shut down the salacious book may only give it more free publicity.

Book publisher Macmillan said on Thursday it would continue promoting a book written by a former Facebook employee who is now critical of the tech company.

Facebook parent company Meta is seeking to silence a former employee who has made scandalous allegations in a new tell-all book, obtaining a ruling to temporarily bar her from promoting