81. What we learnt from the Meta whistleblower

81. What we learnt from the Meta whistleblower

Published: July 15, 2026

Duration: 27:56

Meta doesn't want you to read this book. Yet despite its efforts to suppress it, Sarah Wynn-Williams' Careless People has become one of the most talked-about books in tech. Is it a landmark insider account of how Meta built one of the world's most powerful social media empires, or the story of a former executive with an axe to grind? We examine the book's biggest claims and Meta's forceful response.

Also in this episode, we’ll analyse the impact of the budget breaking cost of AI.

00:33 The Meta whistleblower - hubris or sour grapes?

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