Hacker News with Generative AI: Whistleblowing

DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower (krebsonsecurity.com)
A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleged last week that denizens of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) siphoned gigabytes of data from the agency’s sensitive case files in early March.

Data Security, Whistleblowing, Labor Relations, Government Efficiency, Elon Musk

988 points by todsacerdoti 2 days ago | 528 comments

Meta Whistleblower to Tell Congress That Company Aided China in AI Race (bloomberg.com)
Sarah Wynn-Williams, a Meta Platforms Inc. executive turned whistleblower, plans to testify before Congress that the social media giant threatened US interests while cozying up to China — claims the company said are false.

Meta, China, Artificial Intelligence, Whistleblowing, Congress

21 points by wslh 17 days ago | 4 comments

Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting her book about Facebook (engadget.com)
Meta has notched an early victory in its attempt to halt a surprise tell-all memoir from a former policy executive turned whistleblower.

Meta, Social Media, Whistleblowing, Books, Lawsuits

292 points by SanjayMehta 44 days ago | 108 comments

How to leak under the Trump administration (theintercept.com)
President Donald Trump doesn’t have fond feelings for whistleblowers.

Politics, Government, Journalism, Whistleblowing

14 points by kreyenborgi 53 days ago | 3 comments

Jaguar Land Rover electric car whistleblower sacked (bbc.com)
The BBC has seen evidence the multinational corporation that owns Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) arranged for a whistleblower to be sacked for raising concerns about the safety of electric cars it designed.

Whistleblowing, Automotive, Electric Vehicles, Safety Concerns, Corporate Misconduct

124 points by speckx 129 days ago | 122 comments

Send us a confidential tip using SecureDrop (economist.com)
SecureDrop is a highly secure submission system which allows you to send information to The Economist without revealing your identity or location.

Journalism, Security, Whistleblowing, Anonymous Communication

7 points by raviisoccupied 185 days ago | 6 comments

Federal whistleblowers are entitled to damages of missed future pay, court rules (govexec.com)

Government, Law, Employment, Whistleblowing

217 points by WaitWaitWha 303 days ago | 36 comments

Microsoft Chose Profit over Security, Whistleblower Says (propublica.org)

Microsoft, Security, Whistleblowing, Business, Technology

676 points by tyleroconnell 317 days ago | 305 comments

Public statement from the insider who leaked internal Google documents [video] (youtube.com)

Google, Leaks, Whistleblowing, Internal Documents, Video

10 points by nickwritesit 333 days ago | 0 comments

Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents (bbc.com)