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TSN-supported whistleblower, Joshua Farinella, needs to be listened to and protected
On March 20, 2024, The Outlaw Ocean Project published an investigative report about food safety, human rights and labor abuses at Choice Canning Company’s shrimp processing factory in Amalapuram, India. The report [...]
New report: To truly hold Big Tech accountable, whistleblowers need better protections
Over the past decade, the biggest revelations about Big Tech’s activities have come not from tech companies, or even civil society or governments. Instead, they have come from Big [...]
Reflecting on our impact in 2023
Thanks to your support, in 2023 we helped dozens of whistleblowers around the world champion the truth as some of the world’s most powerful entities tried to keep it secret. The [...]
TSN, whistleblowers talk journalism at Knight Media Forum in Miami
On Thursday, Feb. 22, TSN-supported whistleblowers Anika Collier Navaroli, Mark MacGann as well as whistleblower Wendell Potter presented at the Knight Media Forum in Miami, Florida. They discussed the [...]
TSN, Tow Center co-host journalism panel on tech whistleblowers who are women, people of color
On Feb. 15, The Signals Network and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism co-hosted a panel at Columbia University in New York City on what journalists should know when working with whistleblowers, especially [...]
The IRS leak proved the rich are skirting taxes. Why are we shooting the messenger?
By Jennifer Gibson, TSN Legal Director In 2021, the New York Times and ProPublica began running a series of articles detailing how much – or in fact how little – [...]
Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should be deposed in whistleblower lawsuit
On Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court halted a planned deposition of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the ongoing case against him by whistleblowers who claim he violated the [...]
Monthly Newsletters
Feb 2024: No more shooting the messenger
TSN Legal Director Jennifer Gibson writes in an analysis how, in 2021, the New York Times and ProPublica began running a series of articles detailing how much – or in [...]
Jan 2024: A.I. regulations doomed to fail without whistleblower protections
In 2023, artificial intelligence went from a niche topic to a primary concern for policymakers around the world. The E.U. reached a landmark deal on the A.I. Act; the U.S. [...]
Dec 2023: Journalists continue to be targeted for sources as U.S. weighs federal shield law
As we end 2023, a growing trend that must be highlighted this year is the increased pressure on journalists to reveal their anonymous sources, many of whom are whistleblowers. [...]
Nov 2023: Our thoughts on the OpenAI palace intrigue
Last month’s drama around Sam Altman, OpenAI’s non-profit governance, and the palace intrigue within its walls, speaks to the enormously high stakes being played out behind closed doors in Silicon [...]
Oct 2023: Major win for confidential source protection, takeaways from Frontline Club, 25 years of PIDA
Confidential sources still protected if journalist dies, Nevada court rules Earlier this month, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that a reporter’s privilege survives death and can be claimed by the [...]
Sep 2023: New tech whistleblowing guides, anonymous sources targeted, TSN growth
New resource for tech workers in U.K., Ireland With the help of whistleblowers, journalists, and experts, TSN has published two new guides to help tech workers in the U.K.and [...]