Anti-Corruption Alert, a Secure Platform For Public Servants Willing to Blow the Whistle
BY Antonella Napolitano | Tuesday, October 28 2014
The homepage of the Anti-Corruption Alert (ALAC) launched last week in Italy.
Last week, the Italian chapter of Transparency International launched Anti-Corruption Alert, a platform aimed mainly at public servants willing to denounce malpractice in the public administration. The platform uses GlobaLeaks, an open-source software specifically designed to protect the identity of the whistleblower and the receiver in the exchange of confidential material. Read More
Nawaat Pushes Boundaries in Tunisia With New Whistleblowing Platform
BY Rebecca Chao | Wednesday, June 18 2014
The activists that brought the world TuniLeaks and helped to topple a dictatorial regime has now built a whistleblowing site to push for greater transparency in Tunisia. Read More
Weekly Readings: What the Govt Wants to Know
BY Antonella Napolitano and Rebecca Chao | Tuesday, April 15 2014
A roundup of interesting reads and stories from around the web. Read More
First POST: "Who Watches?"
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, January 8 2014
The Obama administration won't release a legal memo giving the FBI warrantless spying powers; one of the 1971 burglars who exposed FBI domestic spying back then explains her actions; cops use social media to catch gangs; cops get caught on social media defrauding the taxpayer; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Boom
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, October 16 2013
Glenn Greenwald's leaving The Guardian for a new journalism start-up financed by Pierre Omidyar; news from the Code for America Summit; HealthCare.gov's dismal sign-up numbers; and much, much more. Read More