India, March 21 -- Sarah Wynn-Williams' memoir of her time working in global policy at Meta portrayed the company and its executives unflatteringly, making the tech giant attempt to quash the book in court.

However, this action set off a wave of headlines on the matter and drew so much attention that the book debuted at No.1 on The New York Times Bestseller non-fiction list, according to a Business Insider report.

It now, also ranks fifth on Amazon's bestseller list.

This is despite the judge having ruled that Wynn-Williams likely violated her non-disparagement agreement with the company and thus, had to stop promoting or selling the book.

However, its publisher pointed out that the arbitration ruling did not actually affect it, with ...