Hurray for the Big Tech whistleblowers

Hurray for the Big Tech whistleblowers
Sarah Wynn-Williams has written a book about working for Meta. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
It was a pleasant surprise to me to learn that a New Zealand former United Nations diplomat had become the latest whistleblower to turn on Mark Zuckerberg and his Meta empire.Sarah Wynn-Williams, older sister of former TVNZ journalist Ruth Wynn-Williams, spent seven years at Facebook between 2011 and 2018, including a stint as director of global public policy. She has just released the explosive book Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work.Wynn-Williams worked at the social media giant during a period when it weathered some of its bigg...

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