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🔎 DER SPIEGEL: bit.ly/4cwOTux
🔎 ZDF: bit.ly/3OEIfsh
🔎 Forbidden Stories: bit.ly/3N2kk5t
🔎 DER STANDARD: bit.ly/4aXsWDL
🔎 Le Monde: bit.ly/4bbRms2

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Kandoo, a nonprofit organization working on cybersecurity for vulnerable populations and led by Nima Fatemi, worked closely with TSN on this project.

Video footage above shows how the software works in Teheran metro.

Coordinated by @forbidden-stories.bsky.social, the media partners Le Monde, @papertrailmedia.de, @spiegel.de , @derstandard.at , Tamedia and @zdfde.bsky.social describe the Iranian regime's widespread use of a Russian facial recognition software called Findface.

🔴 Iran/Revealed:

The Eyes of Iran: Breaking the Code of Iran’s Surveillance System

The Signals Network is proud to support the investigative project #EyesofIran which reveals the secret Russian facial-recognition technology Teheran uses to monitor the Iranian people.

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📌Magnolia Tribune: Bryant vs. Mississippi Today heads to State Supreme Court
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📌NewsNation: Zuckerberg finally facing accountability in trial: Meta whistleblower
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📌Jacobin: The Epstein Whistleblower Who Was Silenced
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📖 What TSN read this week:

📌CBC: Changes to Alberta’s whistleblower act recommended again 5 years later
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📌Independent: Karen Mulder: Fashion’s forgotten whistleblower who lost everything
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"One risk is the loss of the attorney-client privilege."

In our new piece Dave Jochnowitz, Partner & Co-Chair of the Outten & Golden’s Whistleblower & Retaliation Practice Group, shares his perspective on 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐.

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💡2025 showed just how urgent whistleblower protection has become. TSN responded to 556 requests for help, a 268% increase compared to 2024 and provided direct support to 79 whistleblowers across the globe 🌍

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📌Bloomberg: US Has Investigated Claims WhatsApp Chats Aren’t Private
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📌The Hill: Bondi announces $1M reward for whistleblower who reported antitrust crime
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📌TVP World: EU whistleblower case shows how Fico is dismantling accountability [ANALYSIS]
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📌The Washington Post: Google helped Israeli military contractor with AI, whistleblower alleges
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📌Whistleblower Network News: ICE Whistleblower Leaks Confidential Department Memo on Warrant Policy
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📌The Guardian: US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages
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📖 What TSN read last week:

📌WIRED: He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
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📌USA TODAY: He died in a jail cell, pleading for help. No one told his father why
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📌Bloomberg Law: AI Needs Whistleblowers to Expose Problems as Technology Grows
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📌The Independent: ‘I could see the chaos filtering down’: Former Boeing staffer blows whistle on planemaker’s practices
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📌Ars Technica: Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging
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📌Ben Werdmuller: The Zurich protocol
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📖 What TSN read last week:

📌ABC News: ICE memo allows agents to enter homes without judicial warrant: Whistleblower complaint
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📌Government Accountability Project: New Guide Explains Military Whistleblower Rights and Protections
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📌San Francisco Public Press: California’s New AI Safety Law Created the Illusion of Whistleblower Protections
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📖 What TSN read last week:

📌Columbia Journalism Review: Nothing Is Secure
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📌The New Humanitarian: How the refugee system fails the whistleblowers it should protect
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📌Council of Europe: Whistleblower Protection Matters: GRECO’s New Thematic Paper on Whistleblowing in Law Enforcement
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📌Notus: Inspectors General Are Seeing More Whistleblower Retaliation Cases Under Trump
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📌BBC News: Toxic Town mums make plea for whistleblowers
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📖 What TSN read this week:

📌Recordnet.com: Fired medical director wins $1.7M in whistleblower case against San Joaquin County
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📌Mirror: BBC hires top whistleblowing team paying big money to deal with complaints about staff
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💫 As the year quietly comes to a close, we want to say thank you for being part of the TSN community and for standing with whistleblowers through a year of both hope and hardship.

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For some people, the holidays look very different 🎄

They are far from home, living in safehouses, separated from family, simply because they chose to speak the truth.

This Christmas, we can offer powerful support to whistleblowers: steadiness. A sense of community. A reminder they are not alone.

Do you know how simple it can be to make a difference? $50 Can fund a full month of secure communication for a whistleblower who needs a safe way to speak without being tracked or silenced. You give them safety. $100 Can cover a therapy session that helps a whistleblower steady themselves, manage fear and keep going when everything around them is uncertain. You give them strength. $500 Can help fund experienced legal guidance that protects a whistleblower at the most dangerous moments of their journey. You give them protection. +$1000 Those who can give at this level can make a significant contribution by providing a full week of emergency safe housing for a whistleblower in immediate danger. You give them safety, time and the chance to stay alive.

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