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Grassley Demands Answers from Meta on Use of NDAs to Silence Whistleblowers
On April 15, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Meta Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding answers about whistleblower allegations that the company uses restrictive severance and nondisclosure agreements to silence whistleblowers. Grassley’s letter comes in response to...
Meta Whistleblower Testifies that Company Undermined National Security to Build Business in China
On April 9, Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Director of Global Public Policy at Facebook, now Meta, testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing that she saw Meta “repeatedly undermine US national security and betray American values…...
Boeing CEO Questioned on Whistleblower Retaliation at Senate Hearing
On April 1, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing “Safety First: Restoring Boeing’s Status as a Great American Manufacturer” featuring testimony from Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg. During the hearing, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) grilled...
Attorney Who Helped Write IRS Whistleblower Law is Calling for Reforms
In 2006, Congress passed a law creating a modern whistleblower award program at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Now, the Congressional staffer and legal expert who helped lead the efforts to write that law is advocating for reforms to strengthen...
Senators Introduce Bipartisan SEC Whistleblower Reform Act to Bolster SEC Whistleblower Program
Today, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Reform Act of 2025 in order to further strengthen the highly successful SEC Whistleblower Program. The bill bolsters the Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation protections...
Boeing Whistleblower’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of deceased Boeing whistleblower John Barnett has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the aerospace company, alleging that Barnett’s "PTSD, depression, anxiety, and panic attacks, all caused by Boeing's wrongful conduct, caused him to take his own life."...
Whistleblower Files SEC Disclosure Alleging Environmental Crimes by State-Owned Colombian Oil Giant
On March 19, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a report detailing findings of a two-year investigation into alleged environmental crimes and human rights violations by the Colombia state-owned oil company Ecopetrol. The report relies heavily on the Iguana Papers,...
UK Announces Plans for Tax Whistleblower Award System Modeled on US
The United Kingdom’s HM Revenues & Customs (HMRC) has announced plans to institute a whistleblower award scheme modeled on the United States’ IRS Whistleblower Program offering monetary awards to tax whistleblowers. The HMRC has offered whistleblower awards previously but never...
Whistleblower Advocates Urge DOGE to Maximize IRS Whistleblower Program
On Monday, March 10th, National Whistleblower Center wrote to the Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”), urging the Department to maximize the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Whistleblower Program during its review of the agency.
San Fransisco Police Rule OpenAI Whistleblower Death a Suicide in Final Report
In December, Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who blew the whistle on alleged copyright violations by the company, was found dead in his apartment. His death was ruled a suicide, but family members and others raised the possibility of foul...
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