Whistleblowing 

Topic: Whistleblowing 


Japanese carmaker that faked safety tests sees long wait to reopen factories

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese automaker that cheated on safety tests for decades said Monday it doesn’t expect to resume shipping cars any time soon. The Japanese government ordered a subsidiary of Toyota to halt production of its entire lineup after reports of faked safety test results emerged last year.  The Daihatsu Motor Co. skipped […]

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Texas AG Paxton won’t contest facts of whistleblower lawsuit central to his 2023 impeachment

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to end a whistleblower lawsuit by former top staff members on Thursday, announcing his agency would not contest the facts of the case and would accept any judgement.  The lawsuit was brought by a group of former top deputies. They alleged they were improperly fired […]

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Federal prosecutor in NY issues call for whistleblowers in bid to unearth corruption, other crimes

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, who presides over one of the largest and busiest offices of prosecutors in the nation in Manhattan, issued what amounts to a casting call for whistleblowers Wednesday in a bid to discover non-violent crimes his office doesn’t yet know about. The prosecutor whose Southern District of New […]

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CSIS sexual assault allegations highlight the need for external oversight

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has launched a third-party workplace assessment of its British Columbia office after serious allegations of sexual assault, bullying and […]

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Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive in late 2021 into a trove of Facebook files she considers the most important documents in internet history. The actions impacting Joan […]

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CSIS to probe B.C. office after allegations of rape, harassment and toxic workplace

Canada’s spy agency has launched a workplace assessment of its British Columbia office over what it calls “serious allegations” raised by whistleblowers, who say they were sexually assaulted and harassed by a senior officer. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said the officer who was “implicated” in the allegations — made public in an investigation by […]

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CSIS whistleblowers faced hurdles seeking justice and telling their stories

Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees who say the agency’s British Columbia office is a toxic workplace have faced a series of hurdles in speaking out — including a law against identifying themselves or colleagues. The Canadian Press has published an investigation into claims by the covert officers, including two who say they were sexually assaulted […]

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CU of M ex dean `not a person who can be trusted to be a lawyer

An attorney for the Law Society of Manitoba has hinted the watchdog plans to request the disbarment of a former dean of law who is accused of filing more than $500,000 in phony work expenses. The society’s disciplinary committee — a panel of two lawyers and a public representative — heard final submissions in the […]

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Stop asking questions; pay the bill’

An ex-law dean accused of embezzling more than a half-million dollars from the University of Manitoba asked an employee to set up a Swiss bank account as a payee and, on another occasion, told her to “stop asking questions” about his expense claims. The professional disciplinary hearing of Jonathan Black-Branch heard from two witnesses — […]

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House Republicans issue a subpoena to federal prosecutor in Hunter Biden’s case

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued a subpoena Tuesday to a federal prosecutor involved in the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, demanding answers for what they allege is Justice Department interference in the yearslong case into the president’s son. Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, called on Lesley Wolf, the assistant U.S. […]

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Texas businessman at center of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment facing new charges

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A Meta engineer saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he’s testifying before Congress

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, a former engineering director at the social media giant who had rejoined the company as a consultant sent an alarming email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic. Arturo Bejar, […]

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