"I've been burned enough times by these journalism books whose other good parts become headlines the first week and the rest is some random person's life story."
This one also meets that description, to some extent. The author calls herself a "random New Zealander".
Not sure what "burned" means. Maybe try libraries.
This is not a "journalism book". The author is not a journalist and is not reporting on the "news of the day". It is an autobiography covering a period of the author's life. The author worked at Facebook as a lawyer focused on diplomacy from 2011.
The recounted events concerning Facebook staff often involve multiple persons who are still alive and the facts could easily be corroborated. Alas, non-disparagement clauses may be an impediment.
However, this HN submission, like others on the topic, is not about the book itself. It is about Meta's efforts to stop the book's promotion.
Why try to stop its promotion. If privacy is dead according to Zuckerberg (2010)^1 then why is Meta concerned about this book.
1. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/external/readwri...
Perhaps Meta wants to send a message to other terminated Meta employees who might also write books critical of their former employer.
Zuckerberg is wrong of course. Privacy is not dead.^2 These days, Meta fights for its own privacy to the point of absurdity.
2. https://iapp.org/news/a/privacy-is-not-dead-its-powerful/
There appear to be some allegations of harassment and retaliation in this book by someone still working and recently promoted at Meta. Maybe this is why Meta is trying to stop the book's promotion.
HN comments may focus on the quality of the book or the author but these HN story submissions are about Meta's attempt to stop promotion of the book, not the book itself.