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A former employee of Airbnb is alleging that the company undermined the team tasked with removing extremist users from the platform. Jess Hernandez, previously an extremism researcher, was a contractor at Airbnb from May 2022 until November 2023. Hernandez worked...

Following the revelation of OpenAI’s use of restrictive non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements, a group of thirteen AI workers - eleven current and former OpenAI employees and two current and former employees from Google DeepMind - penned an open letter on...

Whistleblower allegations and the passing of another whistleblower continue to swirl around Boeing. The passing of Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor fired in retaliation from Spirit AeroSystems after raising safety concerns about the 737 Max jet, on Tuesday, April...

According to a new study, more than 80% of financial professionals who have witnessed or suspected financial crime have chosen to stay silent and not blow the whistle, with nearly half of those respondents citing a fear of retaliation as...

For the first time, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a whistleblower after the whistleblower appealed a denial before the U.S. Court of Appeals. On April 3, the SEC issued an order granting a whistleblower award of more...

On April 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $2.5 million whistleblower award to an individual who voluntarily disclosed original information which led to a successful enforcement action. Through the SEC Whistleblower Program, eligible whistleblowers are entitled...

On April 18, Siri Nelson, the Executive Director of National Whistleblower Center (NWC), wrote a letter to Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressing concerns regarding unneeded delays in whistleblower award payments under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...

On April 4, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Budget, wrote a letter to Gary Gensler, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressing concerns about delays and lack of transparency in...

In developing its new whistleblower award program, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) should look to the best practices of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program, says Allison Herren Lee, former SEC Commissioner and currently Of Counsel...

Leading up to Tax Day on April 15, whistleblower advocates and a member of Congress spoke about the importance of whistleblowers in effective tax enforcement. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program offers monetary awards and anti-retaliation protections to individuals...