First Amendment

Politico: Playbookers

Politico: Playbookers This expert features a Government Accountability Project event and was originally published here. OUT AND ABOUT — Whistleblower Aid co-hosted the launch of iHeart’s new podcast, “The Whistleblowers” and Miles Taylor’s new book “Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump” ($30) at E Street Cinema last night. SPOTTED: Michael Steele, Miles Taylor, Libby [...]

Government Executive: Trump’s Global Media CEO Abused Authority and Wasted Funds, Review Finds

Government Executive: Trump's Global Media CEP Abused Authority and Wasted Funds, Review Find This article features Government Accountability Project's Counsel, David Seide, and was originally published here. The controversial CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media during the end of the Trump administration abused his authority by making retaliatory personnel actions, and wasting [...]

Bloomberg Law: Banks With Russia Times Targeted by US Treasury Whistleblowers

Bloomberg Law: Banks With Russia Times Targeted by US Treasury Whistleblowers  This article features Government Accountability Project legal director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. A US law passed after Russia invaded Ukraine has given a boost to a flawed Treasury Department program that lawyers claimed deterred whistleblowers from providing tips on the [...]

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 [...]

VigourTimes: Journalists Locked Out of Twitter Accounts After Refusing to Delete Musk Tweets

VigourTimes: Journalists Locked Out of Twitter Accounts After Refusing to Delete Musk Tweets This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here. Several journalists remain locked out of their Twitter accounts after refusing to delete tweets about an account that tracked CEO Elon Musk’s private jet, according to The [...]

2022-12-27T10:11:33-05:00December 27th, 2022|First Amendment, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

Mediaite: ‘Hell No’: Journo Refuse to Give into Musk’s Demands for Twitter Accounts to Be Unlocked

Mediaite: 'Hell No’: Journo Refuse to Give into Musk’s Demands for Twitter Accounts to Be Unlocked This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here. Elon Musk reversed course on his recent decision to suspend multiple journalists on Twitter, but many of them remain suspended as they refuse to meet [...]

2023-01-03T11:47:49-05:00December 27th, 2022|First Amendment, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

Washington Post: Journalist Who Won’t Delete Musk Tweets Remains Locked Out of Twitter

Washington Post: Journalist Who Won’t Delete Musk Tweets Remains 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 [...]

2023-01-03T11:48:43-05:00December 27th, 2022|First Amendment, In The News, VOA Whistleblowers|

Voice of America: Whistleblower Files Complaint to Congress Over Twitter Suspending Journalists

Voice of America: Whistleblower Files Complaint to Congress Over Twitter Suspending Journalists This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and Government Accountability Project Of Counsel, David Seide, and was originally published here. Nearly a week after Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk said that the accounts of suspended journalists would be reinstated, [...]

2022-12-27T09:34:08-05:00December 27th, 2022|First Amendment, In The News, Whistleblowers|

The Desk: Group Wants Twitter Owner Probes Over Reporter Suspensions

The Desk: Group Wants Twitter Owner Probes Over Reporter Suspensions This article features Government Accountability Project whistleblower client, Steve Herman, and was originally published here. A government whistleblower advocacy group has sent a letter to prominent members of Congress urging them to investigate Twitter and its chief executive, Elon Musk, for suspending a journalist. The journalist, [...]

2022-12-27T09:28:59-05:00December 27th, 2022|Corruption, First Amendment, In The News|

WALB: “I never thought it would go this far”: Tifton whistleblower reflects on ICE complaints one year later

"I never thought it would go this far": Tifton whistleblower reflects on ICE complaints one year later This article features Government Accountability Project client, Dawn Wooten, and was originally published here.  TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - A Tifton woman is being recognized for filing complaints against the Irwin county detention center in 2021. She alleged [...]

2023-07-17T10:40:01-04:00September 19th, 2022|Dawn Wooten, First Amendment, ICE Detention, In The News|