1st Amendment

XNet: We Ask that the Senate Amend the Law in Defense of Whistleblowers

XNet: We Ask That the Senate Amend the Law in Defense of Whistleblowers This article features Government Accountability Project's Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. International experts in the defense of whistleblowers alert the EU of serious deficiencies in the Spanish Law in view of the vote in the Senate this [...]

Richmond Time Dispatch: Column: I Was Suspended from Twitter; I May Never Tweet Again

Richmond Time Dispatch: Column: I Was Suspended from Twitter; I May Never Tweet Again This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here.  I now have something in common with former President Donald Trump. Both of us were permanently suspended by Twitter. The circumstances were quite different. Trump’s [...]

2023-02-13T09:30:15-05:00February 13th, 2023|1st Amendment, Corruption, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

HITC: Who Is Ms Navaroli? Twitter Whistleblower Spotlights Chrissy Teigen Trump Tweet

HITC: Who Is Ms. Navaroli? Twitter Whistleblower Spotlights Chrissy Teigen Trump Tweet This article features Government Accountability Project's Of Counsel, David Seide, and was originally published here. Ms Navaroli, a Twitter ‘whistleblower’, takes center stage at a Congress hearing on the Hunter Biden laptop hearing. Navaroli appeared at Congress on Wednesday, February 8 alongside former Twitter [...]

JURIST: Journalist Banned from Twitter Says It’s Important That Users Not Self-Censor

JURIST: Journalist Banned from Twitter Says It’s Important That Users Not Self-Censor This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here.  In an exclusive interview with JURIST Friday, VOA Chief National Correspondent and JURIST Journalist in Residence Steve Herman, banned from Twitter in mid-December, said it is important that [...]

Inferse: Journalist Who Won’t Delete Musk Tweets Remain Locked Out of Twitter

Inferse: Journalist Who Won’t Delete Musk Tweets Remain Locked Out of Twitter This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here. Twitter owner Elon Musk said last week that the journalists he abruptly suspended for alleged rule violations were welcome to rejoin the platform after only two days [...]

2023-01-19T09:31:15-05:00January 19th, 2023|1st Amendment, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

Alaska Native News: Journalists Say Elon Musk Needs to Reinstitute Monitoring of Twitter

Alaska Native News: Journalists Say Elon Musk Needs to Reinstitute Monitoring of Twitter This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here. Concerns linger over Twitter’s stance on free expression and safety since Elon Musk took over the platform in a $44 billion deal. Since taking ownership in [...]

2023-01-18T10:09:02-05:00January 17th, 2023|1st Amendment, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia ICE Whistleblower Files Suit Against Private Prison Company

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Georgia ICE Whistleblower Files Suit Against Private Prison Company This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here. A whistleblower who came forward with explosive allegations of medical abuse at a since shuttered immigrant jail in Ocilla is suing the private prison company that ran [...]

JURIST: Twitter upholds suspension of JURIST Journalist in Residence Steve Herman

JURIST: Twitter Upholds Suspension of JURIST Journalist in Residence Steve Herman This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here. Twitter Monday upheld the suspension of VOA Chief National Correspondent and JURIST Journalist in Residence Steve Herman’s Twitter account. Twitter first suspended Herman’s account, along with those of other journalists, on December 15. Twitter [...]

2023-01-11T09:31:20-05:00January 11th, 2023|1st Amendment, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

Press Release: Dawn Wooten Awarded HMH First Amendment Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15th, 2022 Dawn Wooten Awarded HMH First Amendment Award WASHINGTON—This Thursday, Government Accountability Project client Dawn Wooten will be honored with the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The award "spotlights individuals who have made significant contributions to protecting and enhancing First [...]

Whistleblower Network News: The Decades-Long Fight for Court Access for Federal Employee Whistleblowers

The Decades-Long Fight for Court Access for Federal Employee Whistleblowers This article features our Legal Director Tom Devine and was originally published here. Federal employee whistleblowers are essential safeguards to misconduct which threatens democracy, public health, the environment, taxpayer funds, and civil rights. Federal employees are in the unique position to expose abuses of authority [...]