Careless People

The Arab Spring began in 2010, before Wynn-Williams worked at Facebook. It refers to pro-democracy and human rights movements across a range of Arab countries. Facebook was used to help organize some of these demonstrations. Levine called Wynn-Williams to ask her if Zuckerberg should take credit for the Arab Spring. While Wynn-Williams cautioned against doing so, this was a major reason why Wynn-Williams secured a job at Facebook.

Lynch syndrome is a hereditary condition that increases the risk of contracting cancer. When Wynn-Williams learned that she has this condition, it became essential that she retain health insurance; therefore she could not leave Facebook before securing another job. She also became very ill from complications in the delivery of her second child.

Point-of-presence servers are physical locations where at least two networks share a connection to the Internet. Facebook initially refused to allow these in non-democratic countries, such as Russia, but then allowed them in China. As a result, the Chinese government has access to the data of Chinese Facebook users and anyone communicating with users in China. Wynn-Williams considers this allowance to be an example of The Problem of Corporate Greed, as it is probable that people will be arrested, tortured, or killed for political speech there.