by Damla
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
– The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
You may have recently caught in the news that an all new insider exposé of a former Facebook employee has gotten Meta in a panic, resulting in the company to file for an emergency motion with an arbitrator to prevent the book from being published narrowly ahead of its release date. Although the arbitrator has decided the book to be against the terms of Wynn-Williams’s non-disparagement agreement, it does not at this moment pose an obstacle to the sale of the book. And of course, Meta’s attempt for a gag order has drawn even more attention to it, making it an overnight bestseller.
In Careless People, Sarah Wynn-Williams exposes the tech giant’s unethical behavior in both company policies and its executives, branding Meta as a techno-autocracy.
Although a big tech company’s unethical misdoings might unfortunately not be such shocking news in 2025, it is for the brave whistleblowers of these industries that bring previously-unspoken problems and deeply rooted systems of corruption to light. In appreciation of their courage despite the fear of retaliation or ostracization, here are some more whistleblowing exposés that shook big corporations and the ultra-wealthy:
1. Character Limit – Kate Conger, Ryan Mac
Since his sudden takeover of the massive social media platform Twitter (now known as X), Elon Musk has rarely been off the headlines whether it is for his manic rants, incendiary provocations, grandiose declarations, or most recently, his close involvement with government affairs. With exclusive interviews, unreported documents and recordings, the New York Times reporters Conger and Mac delve deeper into the transformation of the social media giant under Musk’s influence, and what it might mean on a global scale.
2. The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power – Dana Mattioli
Amazon is gunning for world domination at the price of its own employees and small businesses for a most profitable bottom line. Who knew?
Well, everyone, actually. But Dana Mattioli unflinchingly reveals the shocking extent of corporate greed, abusive behavior, and coldblooded strategy that Amazon has been employing in pursuit of an absolute monopoly and how they can single handedly alter the global and American economics in her well-researched (and frankly upsetting) book.
3. Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful – David Enrich
In this thoroughly engaging and well-researched exposé, David Enrich delves into how elite Americans have relentlessly pursued to overturn sixty years of Supreme Court precedent and weaponize speech laws in order to silence dissent on public figures.
At its core, Murder the Truth is a story about power: how it is yielded as a weapon by those at the top, and how far they would go to avoid it being questioned.
4. The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs The American Empire – Matt Kennard
It was while working at the Financial Times as an investigative journalist that Matt Kennard unearthed the racket: a system set up by men of great financial power to keep the poor under crippling debt and a global scheme to ensure power with the help of interest-laden debt slavery. Now, he shares his findings, the few good and the shockingly bad, in the interest of the people to understand who shapes our world and how.
5. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood – Maureen Ryan
The blood chilling extent of abuse in the entertainment industry was laid bare with the #MeToo movement in 2017. Since then, we have seen many powerful figures in Hollywood called out on their destructive and abusive behavior in hopes of holding them accountable. However, with every scandal exposed, it becomes clear that the exploitation and abuse of workers is set deep within the core of the industry. In Burn It Down, Maureen Ryan dives deep into the issue using insights from industry insiders, historical context, and pop-culture analysis, in hopes of finding solutions to end the corruption.
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