whistleblowers

President Donald Trump has reached out to the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting authorization to terminate the head of an independent agency responsible for the protection of government whistleblowers. What Happened: President Trump has turned to the Supreme Court for the first time in...

U.S. regulators paid $16 million to crypto whistleblowers this year as part of an effort to identify fraud and other illegal activities. As a result, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) plans to increase financial literacy, particularly related to crypto scams. “With the rise of...

After a former security chief at Twitter Inc's (NYSE: TWTR), in his disclosure to U.S. regulators, alleged that the company falsely claimed it had a solid security plan — the microblogging platform has hit back by calling it a "false narrative." What Happened:...

Former National Security Agency employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden, who was charged with leaking classified information by the CIA, on Tuesday took to Twitter to rue the kind of treatment meted out to people who bring to light fraudulent/unethical/illegal activities. Snowden was voicing his...

Whistleblowers have alleged that Meta Platforms Inc-owned (​​NASDAQ: FB) Facebook's act of blocking news pages in Australia was a deliberate negotiating tactic to thwart a potential law, according to The Wall Street Journal. What Happened: Meta had publicly called the resulting chaos...

The story is as old as journalism: the tension between a public servant’s urge to do the right thing while breaking the law, spilling secrets in the process and paying a price when it gets published. Reality Winner, a private defense contractor with security clearance, sits in jail today...

An SEC investigation has ordered Anheuser Busch Inbev SA (ADR) (NYSE: BUD) to pay $6 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). According to the investigation, Anheuser-Busch "used third-party sales promoters to make improper payments to government...