Lid-lifting Kiwi author forced to sit in silence at writers' festival

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Author: totetsu

Date: 6/1/2026

Article Summary:
A New Zealand author who wrote a memoir about her time working at Facebook was forced to sit in silence at a writers' festival due to a legal agreement that prohibits her from promoting the book or making derogatory statements about the company.