[wolvoleo]

This is so sad to see. It makes me lose respect for the legal system when the people with the most expensive lawyers automatically win. Luckily I'm not in the US but even here meta gets away with a lot (especially because they have the Irish privacy regulator in their pocket)

[therealdrag0]

She signed an NDA and was probably well compensated for it. Shouldn’t the legal system uphold contracts?

[devin]

Yes, it should. That doesn't mean that it isn't "sad to see" a lack of transparency in our society surrounding the misdeeds of mega corporations with their hands all over the levers of power.

[cjrp]

I mean, the Hay Festival is in Wales. You don't have to be in America to be affected.

[wolvoleo]

No but she lives in America (she's from New Zealand but I think her partner and kids are American). She'll go back there and could get arrested or her assets confiscated.

It would be a big problem if you ever need to go there. Which at least for me is of course a lot less likely in this day and age. If my job asks me to go I'll refuse. Even though I don't have any legal issues there, I just don't feel safe anymore especially being an outspoken LGBT advocate. And I understand giving them social media accounts will be mandatory soon which is a dealbreaker for me also, again nothing to hide but I just don't want to.