A Book of the Year for Audible, The Times, Financial Times, The New York Times, Time, Cosmopolitan, The Economist, Spectator and more

Shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards 2025
Shortlisted for the Hatchards First Biography Prize 2025
Winner of the Blueprint Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize 2025

‘How else to put this? Bloody hell’ – The Guardian
‘Devastating . . . Funny . . . Highly enjoyable’ – The Times
‘Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome’ – Financial Times

Sarah Wynn-Williams joined Facebook believing the company could change things for the better. Instead, what she encountered over seven years was so shocking that Meta obtained a legal order to silence her.

Now you can read her award-winning story. Candid and entertaining, Wynn-Williams’ account pulls back the curtain on Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and the global elite. She exposes the true cost of Silicon Valley’s ambition, from outrageous schemes cooked up on private jets to the alarming consequences of Facebook’s aggressive pursuit of global dominance.

Careless People is an ordinary woman's gripping and darkly funny memoir that will forever change how you view the technology that runs our lives – and the unchecked power of those who control it.

‘A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations’ – The Times
‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him’ – Marina Hyde

Darkly funny and genuinely shocking: an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world. What Wynn-Williams reveals will undoubtedly trigger her former bosses’ ire. Not only does she have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods * The New York Times *
Devastating . . . Wynn-Williams is a sharp and funny writer . . . a highly enjoyable read — a Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations * The Times *
Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome * Financial Times *
Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him -- Marina Hyde, The Guardian
A shocking, darkly funny and highly critical exposé * The Sunday Times *
A morality tale for our times . . . How else to put this? – bloody hell * The Guardian *
Staggering . . . spectacular * The Irish Times *
Urgently necessary reading -- Elizabeth Day, author of The Party and Friendaholic
Well-written, funny, horrifying, and quite compelling. I was on the edge of my seat, turning pages as fast as I could and ended up reading the book in less than a day. I cackled. I gasped. I laughed. I cringed. I cackled some more. I cringed some more -- Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist
Wynn-Williams writes with the kind of precise fury that can only come from someone who's been inside the beast -- Jake Adelstein, journalist and author of Tokyo Vice
Unbelievable and necessary . . . wonderfully written, propulsive, novelistic and laugh-out-loud at times -- Maria Semple, bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Jaw-dropping . . . It's a story that will fire you up, and make you want to fight back -- Glamour
A well-written bombshell -- Jonathan Haidt, bestselling author of The Anxious Generation
Compulsively readable . . . An addictive exposé, filled with explosive allegations . . . Writing this book is perhaps the best thing she did to help to achieve the kind of regulation we urgently need to preserve democracy * Times Literary Supplement *
I love Careless People -- Reverend Richard Coles, author of Murder Before Evensong
A fascinating exposé of life and culture at Facebook. I couldn’t put it down. It’s high-octane drama in the real world, and it’s equal parts entertaining and horrifying -- V.E. Schwab, bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Reads like a thriller, a farce, a caper . . . There are extraordinary revelations on every page -- Pandora Sykes, journalist and broadcaster

Sarah Wynn-Williams is a former New Zealand diplomat and international lawyer. She joined Facebook after pitching a job and worked there for many years, ultimately becoming director of global public policy. After leaving the company, she has continued to work on tech policy, including artificial intelligence. Careless People is her first book.