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Democracy Day 2024
Our annual reminder to hold power to account Daniel Ellsberg revealed the cruelty of the Vietnam War. Edward Snowden made the world aware of the NSA’s aggressive invasion of [...]
Impact: U.S. agency inspects, refuses shrimp imports following TSN whistleblower’s disclosures
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun refusing shrimp imports from Choice Canning Company, after tests showed recent shipments were laced with veterinary drugs. The refusal follows a March [...]
Boeing says it should ‘celebrate’ its whistleblowers. Help us do so as more come forward
After recent allegations of retaliation and the deaths of two of its high-profile whistleblowers, Boeing continues to face mounting public pressure as additional whistleblowers come forward about safety and [...]
TSN joins military journalists, legal experts at veterans symposium
From left to right: Dan Clare, Kelly Kennedy, Sarah Gamard, Mary Inman and Joanna Trachtenberg. Photo courtesy of Randy Picht. A big thanks to our friends at [...]
TSN discusses how journalists can prepare for A.I. whistleblowers
https://www.youtube.com/live/Db4Dl-Xr8ds?si=Uk21UdAUYrXiCCQ_ On Friday, April 19, The Signals Network joined two tech whistleblowers and an investigative reporter at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy for a discussion on [...]
Boeing whistleblowers want fliers to be safe. But those whistleblowers should feel safe, too
SIGN OUR PETITION Air passengers deserve to feel safe. Sam Salehpour is warning us, though, that maybe we aren’t safe after all. Salehpour, a longtime Boeing engineer, this week [...]
Whistleblower: John Barnett’s Life and Death Highlight the Impact of Whistleblowing on Mental Health
By Anika Collier Navaroli Last month, when a friend sent me a link to an article announcing that John Barnett had been found dead of an apparent suicide, my heart sunk. [...]
TSN Newsletters
July 2024: OpenAI whistleblowers’ complaint to the SEC & our new Chief of Staff
Our thoughts on the OpenAI whistleblowers complaint to the SEC News broke this week that OpenAI whistleblowers have filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging [...]
May 2024: Celebrating the whistleblowers risking everything to make the world safer
IMPACT: U.S. agency inspects, refuses shrimp imports following TSN-supported whistleblower’s disclosures The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun refusing shrimp imports from Choice Canning Company, after tests showed [...]
Apr 2024: Why we need to support Boeing whistleblowers, prepare journalists for A.I. insiders
How journalists can prepare for A.I. whistleblowers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db4Dl-Xr8ds&ab_channel=InternationalJournalismFestival Did you catch our panel at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia? On Friday, April 19, The Signals Network joined [...]
Mar 2024: A new whistleblower supported by TSN & new TSN team members
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 [...]
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 [...]
