Whistleblower

Whistleblower alleges Meta considering to share user information with China

Meta Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had been seen attempting to appease the Chinese government as early as 2014.

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 Peter Buxtun, a former employee of the U.S. Public Health Service, became known as the whistleblower responsible for ending the Tuskegee syphilis experiment.

Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who compared Tuskegee syphilis study to Nazi atrocities, dies at 86

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Labor court judge weakens whistleblower protection law

 FBI agents arrest Jack Teixeira in connection with an investigation into the leaks online of classified U.S. documents, outside a residence in this still image taken from video in North Dighton, Massachusetts, US, April 13, 2023

US Air National Guardsman hit with federal charges in military intel leak


Chinese doctor who sounded alarm on SARS virus dies at 91

Chinese state media did not report on the passing of the doctor who blew the whistle on the SARS epidemic.

 Dr. Jiang Yanyong

Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia, receives passport

The US whistleblower's new citizenship means Snowden cannot be extradited to a foreign state, his lawyer told Russian state media.

 Former contractor of US National Security Agency Edward Snowden is seen on a screen during his interview presented via video link at the New Knowledge educational online forum in Moscow, Russia on September 2, 2021

FBI notified Twitter of at least one Chinese agent in company

Disclosures from a former Twitter executive turned whistleblower show that at least one Chinese agent is working at the company.

Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.

Elon Musk sends fresh letter to scrap Twitter deal after whistleblower claims

Musk walked away from a $44-billion offer for Twitter in July saying the company misled him and regulators about the true number of spam or bot accounts on the microblogging platform.

 Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015.

US senator asks Facebook CEO to retain documents linked to testimony

Zuckerberg defended the company, saying the accusations were at odds with Facebook's goals.

It took time, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should be commended for banning content that denies and distorts the Holocaust.

Only legislation can save us from Facebook’s dangers, say critics

A former Facebook employee took to CBS news show 60 Minutes to share revelations about how the company knew it was “tearing our societies apart.”

 A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020

Facebook put profit before preventing hate speech - whistleblower report

Haugen, who previously worked at Google and Pinterest, said Facebook has lied to the public about the progress it made to clamp down on hate speech and misinformation on its platform.

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely via videoconference in this screengrab made from video during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled, "Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election,? on Facebook and Twitter's content moderation practices

TSA implements new COVID-19 safety measures following whistleblower claims

The whistleblower revealed that the TSA did not give its staff training to adapt to the coronavirus outbreak.

A TSA officer wears a mask and gloves, amid the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 11, 2020

Widow of Wuhan coronavirus whistleblower Wenliang gives birth to son

"Can you see it from heaven? The last gift you gave me was born today. I will definitely take good care of them," Fu Xuejie, the widow of Dr. Li Wenliang, wrote on Chinese social media.

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Republican Rand Paul names purported 'whistleblower' in the Senate

Paul uttered the name in a question that US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts had earlier declined to read as the presiding officer of the trial.

US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)

Pentagon official handling Ukraine, Russia testifies

The impeachment inquiry threatens Trump's presidency even as he seeks re-election in 2020.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper, the Pentagon official in charge of Ukraine and Russia policy, arrives to testify at a closed-door deposition as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Aff