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The United States Court of Appeals for DC has cleared the way for #Trump to fire members of the National #Labor Relations Board #NLRB & the Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB, essentially granting Trump authority over formerly "independent" parts of the executive branch.

Judge Millet dissented saying the decision overturned #SCOTUS precedent & disabled the boards from functioning while the case proceeds.

#law #watchdog #whistleblower #USpol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769/gov.uscourts.cadc.41769.01208724995.0_1.pdf

Since there are many #protests against #trump, #musk, #republicans, and ultimately #fascism, it’s important y’all know something about printers and photocopiers. Many add special watermarks to the paper that identifies the specific device that was used to print the document. Security experts and journalists are fairly certain these were used to identify #whistleblower Reality Winner and ultimately convict her.

Given many people print out pamphlets, posters, etc. it’s important to know that they may inadvertently be leaving a digital fingerprint.

While I’m not a fan of the #EFF as of late, they do maintain a handy list of printers that do not implement tracking dots here: https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots

There is also a GitHub project with code that obfuscates those dots, making them unreadable by authorities: https://github.com/dfd-tud/deda.

Right now the legality of protest is codified in the constitution. However, Trump has already flaunted numerous other laws to go after people he perceives as his enemy, so be safe out there. If you are printing protest literature, make certain it can’t be tracked back to you.

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In these uncertain times, it’s crucial to recognize the role of whistleblowers in exposing the truth. From Theranos to Facebook, Uber, Google and OpenAI, their courage has uncovered critical issues within the tech industry.

Whistleblowers will remain essential in holding Big Tech and governments accountable and protecting them is more important than ever.

#Whistleblower #bigtech #SXSW2025 #ai #tech #accountability #publicinterest #techaccountability #techwhistleblower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-1e44QwEdg

"Größte Bedrohung": EU-Ratsspitze will anonyme SIM-Karten EU-weit verbieten

Der polnische Ratsvorsitz hat neue EU-Vorschriften zur obligatorischen Registrierung von Prepaid-SIM-Karten vorgeschlagen. Bürgerrechtler machen dagegen mobil.

https://www.heise.de/news/Groesste-Bedrohung-EU-Ratsspitze-will-anonyme-SIM-Karten-EU-weit-verbieten-10326688.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

"Senate #Democrats are launching a new #whistleblower portal for public and private workers to dish on how #PresidentTrump and #DOGE are slashing the #federalgovernment"

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/democrats-whistleblower-portal-doge

#DishonDoge
#uspolitics
#USpol
#ElonMusk

#FBI agent who accused agency of political bias arrested at New York airport: Johnathan Buma, who said his concerns about Rudy #Giuliani were ignored, charged with disclosing classified information

#ohnathanBuma #whistleblower #uspol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/fbi-agent-arrested-new-york

In Memoriam: #MarkKlein, #ATT #Whistleblower Who Revealed #NSA #MassSpying
When the New York Times reported in late 2005 that the NSA was engaging in #spying inside the #US, Mark realized that he had witnessed how it was happening. He also realized that the President was not telling Americans the truth about the program. And, though newly retired, he knew that he had to do something.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower-about-nsa-mass-spying #surveillance #privacy

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Excellent investigation!

The Scam Empire

"Qurium’s investigation aims to uncover the building blocks of these investment frauds and expose the technologies and service providers that are fundamental to its very existence.

The investment fraud can be divided in three major building blocks, Victims, Call Centers and Money, which Qurium will cover in the reports The Hunt, The Milking and The Washing."

https://www.qurium.org/scam-empire/

prima si sono messi sotto il giogo della #NSA, che è quello che è, ma ha dimostrato di produrre grandi #whistleblower che denunciano gli abusi #NSA -come Edward Snowden - ora si mettono direttamente nelle mani dell'uomo solo al comando: #Musk. Dove hanno il cervello?

We’re new, but ChatGPT already knows about us

https://chatgpt.com/share/67ca84b7-2f54-8005-bcf8-0d0e63dd41d7

Rachel Maddow is interviewing #HamptonDellinger on her show tonight.

For more info:

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114112857303923242

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-counsel-whistleblower-office-trump-firing-hampton-dellinger/

Später Whistleblower-Schutz: Deutschland muss 34 Millionen Euro Strafe zahlen

Die Bundesrepublik hat die Whistleblower-Richtlinie nach Einwänden der CDU erst anderthalb Jahre später umgesetzt. Der EuGH ahndet die Verzögerung jetzt hart.

https://www.heise.de/news/Spaeter-Whistleblower-Schutz-Deutschland-muss-34-Millionen-Euro-Strafe-zahlen-10307280.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

EuGH-Millionenstrafe für Deutschland wegen Whistleblower-Gesetzes

Deutschland hat sich zu lange Zeit gelassen, eine EU-Richtlinie umzusetzen, die Whistleblower vor Repressalien schützen soll. Das entschied der Europäische Gerichtshof. Die Bundesrepublik muss nun 34 Millionen Euro Strafe zahlen.

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/eugh-deutschland-whistleblower-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Estonia and Hungary are ordered by the Court of Justice of the EU to pay lump sum fines to the European Commission for failing to implement the #whistleblower directive into national law. Germany has to pay €34M. https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2025-03/cp250029en.pdf

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