Careless People

Author Sarah Wynn-Williams
Narrator Sarah Wynn-Williams
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Publish Date 13 March 2025
Run Time 13 hours and 16 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Business ethics and social responsibility, Corruption in politics, government and society, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Disinformation and misinformation, Information technology industries, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Memoirs, Privacy and data protection, Social media / social networking, Whistleblowing.

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What to expect

The #1 global bestseller

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

Winner of the Speakies Award for the Best Non-Fiction Memoir Audiobook
Featured in Audible's Best of the Year 2025
Winner of the Blueprint Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize 2025
Shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards 2025
Shortlisted for the Hatchards First Biography 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 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 a gripping and utterly explosive read that will forever change how you view the technology that runs our lives – and the unchecked power of those who control it.

‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him’ – Marina Hyde
‘A Bridget Jones’s Diary-style tale of a young woman thrown into a series of improbable situations’ – The Times
‘Darkly funny and genuinely shocking: an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world’ – The New York Times

Critics Review

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

Roxanne 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

Reads like a thriller, a farce, a caper... There are extraordinary revelations on every page

Pandora Sykes, journalist and broadcaster

User Reviews

Book 4.8

Narration 4.9

5.0

Mark Zuckerberg is evil beyond belief!

GrouchoHicks 22/12/2025

5.0

readingly 18/12/2025

5.0

An eye opening read from a former senior employee at Facebook. Shocking stories & insights that demonstrate what the platform & the company is capable of. A page turner & great narration. A bargain in the xigxag app & made my train & car journeys fly by

ms 27/10/2025

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Ollyrhodes 22/09/2025

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teresari 06/09/2025

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marieb84 28/08/2025

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Pebble 01/08/2025

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davidshort 21/07/2025

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Mangoes16 01/07/2025

5.0

A worrying indictment of how big tech companies operate and their careless disregard for the truth. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know what’s really going on and how our data is being used to manipulate us.

PBee 09/06/2025

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Laurielovehart 01/06/2025

4.0

Quite interesting, some parts where better than others, overall pretty solid

joshrichards 23/05/2025

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toodlepip 13/05/2025

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kirajo 13/05/2025

5.0

I both enjoyed and was horrified by the insider story of working at Facebook. Well worth listen.

SecenGreenSocks 07/05/2025

5.0

angeliki 06/05/2025

5.0

4.0

If you are wondering whether to leave Facebook listen to this.

Elaine Axten 23/04/2025

5.0

Great listen. Sarah Wynn-Williams does a brilliant job on the narration telling a fascinating and sometimes darkly funny tale of her time at Facebook. I enjoyed (possibly not the right word) the unexpected shark anecdote too. Wasn't expecting that!

sardow 17/04/2025

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Tdk 17/04/2025

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niajones 08/04/2025

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Marta 04/04/2025

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aris 02/04/2025

5.0

Shocked! What an important book! Facebook/Meta leadership is deeply disgusting.

elza 29/03/2025

5.0

Ulfr 28/03/2025

5.0

Lauren_ce_bostick 27/03/2025

5.0

spark77 26/03/2025

5.0

Emily Barr 25/03/2025

5.0

Oli 22/03/2025

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