Big Tech

Reclaim the Net: Advocacy Group Seeks EPA Records on Facebook Censorship of East Palestine Train Derailment Posts

The need for information sought via the request to be revealed is explained by whistleblower and scientist Scott Smith “(discovering) elevated dioxin levels in East Palestine” – and then when posting about it on Facebook, only to get his “public figure” account flagged.

JD Journal: Congress Demands Action from Elon Musk as Hate Speech Soars on Twitter Under His Leadership

JD Journal: Congress Demands Action from Elon Musk as Hate Speech Soars on Twitter Under His Leadership  This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here. Two US Representatives, Adam Schiff and Mark Takano of California, have called on Twitter CEO Elon Musk to address the growing issue [...]

2023-03-30T09:38:09-04:00March 30th, 2023|1st Amendment, Big Tech, 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 [...]

Press Statement: Twitter Whistleblower Testifies to Mismanagement of the January 6th Insurrection at House Oversight Committee Hearing

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2023 Twitter Whistleblower Testifies to Mismanagement of the January 6th Insurrection at House Oversight Committee Hearing WASHINGTON—On February 8, 2023, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing titled “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.” [...]

Jurist: Congress urged to investigate Twitter journalist suspensions

Congress urged to investigate Twitter journalist suspensions This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. The Government Accountability Project (GAP), a nonprofit whistleblower protection and advocacy organization, Thursday urged two US Congressional Committees to continue reviewing Twitter’s suspension of several journalists’ accounts. In a letter to the US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and [...]

2022-12-22T14:56:29-05:00December 22nd, 2022|Big Tech, In The News, Press Freedom|

Press Release: Twitter Continues to Ban Supposedly-Reinstated Journalists

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 22, 2022 Twitter Continues to Ban Supposedly-Reinstated Journalists Elon Musk’s and Twitter’s Continuing Abuse of Authority Detailed WASHINGTON—Government Accountability Project, on behalf of Voice of America’s Chief National Correspondent, Steve Herman, today wrote to the Senate and House Commerce Committees to detail the continuing suspensions of the Twitter accounts belonging [...]

2022-12-22T20:54:10-05:00December 22nd, 2022|Big Tech, Press, Press Freedom, Press release|

Newsy: The Twitter Whistleblower with Tom Devine

The Twitter Whistleblower with Tom Devine This video features Government Accountability Project’s Legal Director, Tom Devine, and can be viewed here. “This is a company that hired a global expert to solve a problem and they wouldn’t let him do his job. And that’s actually the motivation for most whistleblowers, they’re not dissidents or [...]

The Washington Newsday: A Facebook Whistleblower Sits Atop the Public Relations Behemoth

A Facebook Whistleblower Sits Atop the Public Relations Behemoth This article features our Senior International Fellow, Vigjilenca Abazi, and was originally published here. A Facebook whistleblower sits atop the public relations behemoth. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, came onto the stage in Portugal to thunderous acclaim, the latest step in a path that [...]

2021-11-03T10:17:12-04:00November 3rd, 2021|Big Tech, In The News|

Know Your Rights: Big Tech Whistleblowers

Know Your Rights: Big Tech Whistleblowers On October 5, a former Facebook employee, Frances Haugen, testified before Congress about her experience working for the tech behemoth, as well as the tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents she released. Among her claims was the evidence that Facebook knowingly allows its platforms [...]

2021-10-12T12:43:09-04:00October 12th, 2021|Big Tech, Blog, Whistleblower Rights|