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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sarah Wynn-Williams sat silent for an hour at Hay Festival to avoid breaching Meta's legal order against her. Now Meta says even her silence counted as speech and wants her fined for it.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Turns out Lumon Industries isn't that fictional. Meta laid off thousands, transitioned thousands more into AI busywork, and tracked their every keystroke. Workers are calling it a gulag. The company's response? A memo. And snacks. Work at Meta and have concerns? We can help. psst.org/safe

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The government is taking a page from Silicon Valley's playbook — and whistleblowers are going to feel it.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Illinois just passed SB 315, the nation's strongest check on major AI companies yet. Beyond self-reported safety disclosures, it mandates independent third-party audits and whistleblower protections for employees raising concerns. A real step toward accountability. #AI #SB315

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If you’re a Meta or other tech employee getting laid off, here are a few things you should know... In solidarity, Psst.org.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

⭐ 2025 was a big year for us at Psst.org. ⭐ 🚩 We helped AI and tech insiders raise red flags both behind the scenes and publicly. Follow us stay up to date on what insiders are telling us in 2026. #AI #AIwhistleblower #AIsafety

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

But Eisenstat isn’t alone; she’s part of a growing collective of former employees whose disclosures are driving a public reckoning in tech. Every disclosure — no matter how small — contributes to public safety. However, too often, speaking the truth comes at a high cost.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Beijing is using U.S. surveillance technology to track a former government official who blew the whistle on a high-level corruption and embezzlement scheme. Last year alone, the technology subjected *900,000* Chinese government workers to the same treatment. Could U.S. whistleblowers be next?

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

NEW: Yet another lawsuit has been filed against ChatGPT for allegedly encouraging delusions that tragically drove a former tech worker to murder his mother and commit suicide. His interactions with the chatbot make it clear we need better AI safeguards, immediately. 👇

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

From a former OpenAI researcher 👇

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Help insiders keep us safe from AI and Big Tech harms. Psst.org gives workers support, legal help, and safer paths to raise concerns. If you care about democracy, kids’ safety or how your data is used, this is one concrete way to help on #GivingTuesday. Add your $5: www.every.org/psstorg-inc?...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Notably, Anthropic had already identified and addressed this problem with its chatbot, Claude, as early as 2022.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Explosive story from @matteowong.bsky.social tracks OpenAI's legal shift into aggressively attacking its critics. No one is off limits - not even parents who allege they lost their children's lives because of interactions they've had with ChatGPT.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

NEW: EU officials consider gutting world-leading privacy laws to placate the AI industry. Changes would make it so AI companies can access previously special categories of data (religious beliefs, political beliefs, health info) to train the tech.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

📣 New series alert: @knightgtown.bsky.social + @techpolicypress.bsky.social teamed up to unpack the state of access to public platform data. ➡️ Why this is needed: public data is driving the AI gold rush, but there’s no collective framework to use it for research in the public interest.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We rarely talk about the price of telling the truth. @katekenny.bsky.social breaks down the moral math of whistleblowing in a new interview with yours truly. The question isn’t why people stay silent; it's why doing the right thing still costs so much.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

When you talk to real tech workers instead of billionaire CEOs, they hold one common opinion about AI. 👇 We need to make it easier - and normal - for people who work in tech to be able to share their takes. A working climate that chills free speech at the peril of job loss doesn't serve anyone.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

What’s the ROI on telling the truth in Big Tech/AI? Professor @katekenny.bsky.social of @uniofgalway.bsky.social spent 15 years running the numbers—and the moral math doesn’t look great... But she’s got ideas for changing it. 🔦 Full Q&A in our Substack (link below).

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

October 13: Study shows social media harms kids reading, vocabulary, and memory skills. October 14: Instagram announces it will overhaul app to give kids a “PG-13” experience. Turns out tech giants *do* have the capability to protect kids. When people speak up, it makes a difference.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Forever revisiting @poppyalexander.whistleblower.law’s case for combining whistleblower protections with strong AI regulations. Always relevant. ⬇️

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Important take from a former Apple worker:

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Former #Meta employee Arturo Béjar ran the numbers and found that *two-thirds* of Instagram’s new safety tools aimed at protecting children are ineffective… The takeaway, in his own words:

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

WORKERS SPEAK OUT 🎤 Be careful who you RIF. Aisha Coffey spent 15 years running campaigns that literally saved lives. After getting laid off by Doge, she’s leading a network of federal workers getting the truth out to the public. Here's her “villain arc”: psstpsst.substack.com/p/strategic-...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Jane Doe's son's chatbot "friends" turn him against his parents. Character AI offered her $100 in forced arbitration. Her son is now in a mental health facility for the past 6 months with around the clock care.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A common thread across AI research: safeguards exist, but are way too easy to bypass. ⬇️

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Did you read the WhatsApp whistleblower story out this week? 6 security engineers for 2.5 billion users? ~100,000 hacks/day? Meta pretending the whistleblower is the problem? (surprise surprise) Here are the juicy details the NYT left out, in our newsletter: psstpsst.substack.com/p/a-whatsapp...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Boland’s point: While Meta accuses Whatsapp whistleblower Attuallah Baig of following a “playbook,” it’s levied the same allegations against anyone who criticizes the company-from Frances Haugen to Sarah Wynn-Williams.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

👇 PSA: AI chatbots can very easily be tweaked to reflect the ideological biases of their makers. (Translation: Elon Musk is personally tweaking Grok to reflect his billionaire's worldview) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg tells us AI chatbots “probably” won’t replace human relationships while he exploits the "market opportunity" created by human loneliness.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Below are the Meta chatbot messages that led Thongbue Wongbandu, a 76 year old retiree with cognitive impairments following a stroke, to pack up his things and head to NYC to visit who he thought was his girlfriend. Tragically, he passed away as a result of a fall while rushing to catch his train.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

“If nobody’s going to regulate, we’re going to need insiders to tell us what’s going on.” Thanks to @semafor.com's Rachyl Jones for this piece on Psst's work helping AI workers quietly flag alarms. (Tech workers, reach out even for a gut check, we're discreet): www.semafor.com/article/08/0...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

We’re not asking for Claude to spill the tea or for Sam Altman’s ChatGPT therapy notes. Just a document explaining how AI companies handle worker concerns. We're joining @aiwi-official.bsky.social and a growing coalition in this call to AI companies: publishyourpolicies.org #PublishYourPolicies

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

New study finds AI chatbots can easily be manipulated to deliver false medical information with convincing language - exposing the public to dangerous health disinformation. 🔗 www.newsweek.com/ai-chatbot-m...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A level of detail you can only get from insiders, folks. 👇 A whistleblower complaint against senior Justice Department official Emil Bove, who is testifying today before the Senate for a nomination to a federal appeals court. 🔗 www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Our thoughts on giving AI a free pass for a decade…

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

There are a few problems with putting whistleblowers on a pedestal. (Figuratively, and literally...) psstpsst.substack.com/p/whistleblo...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

"Everyday people standing between authoritarianism and our freedom scare the administration. They reveal the greatest informal mechanism for democratic enforcement: not kings... but the power of the people." Together, we have power. From @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

News: We’ve signed a letter alongside 20+ other whistleblower and tech accountability groups calling on #SenBillCassidy to pass the AI Whistleblower Protections Act - because industry insiders are almost always the first to warn us. 📩 Give it a read: ari.us/wp-content/u...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

ICYMI...Our panel at @sxsw.com London last week to investigated whether whistleblowing is dead. The answer? It's not. But we do need to evolve the way it is done to meet our current moment. Highlights fm @cbmsuk.bsky.social @zeldaperkins.bsky.social, Will Alpine +@jengibson.bsky.social are below:

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

700 Natashas would agree! open.substack.com/pub/psstpsst...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Critical point from @karenhao.bsky.social. If we don’t give these employees safe and secure channels to speak out about what they’re seeing on the inside, there’s few others left to warn the public. 🔗 to her latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

👋🏼 Hey London, we'll be at @sxsw.com London next week. If you're around, come by! Our panel "Is Whistleblowing Dead?" features @zeldaperkins.bsky.social, Uber Files whistleblower & Harvard fellow Mark MacGann, Microsoft whistleblower Will Alpine and Psst cofounder @jengibson.bsky.social.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

So this is… less than ideal. To anyone with information that might make them a target of the federal government, we’re here to help you navigate risks to your security. All pro-bono. psst.org/safe

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Yet another for the annals of "can you believe this oped really needed to be written??!" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The British Empire's core justification for plundering resources and exploiting workers was that it was bringing benefit, advancing civilization, and giving the opportunity to live better. All of a sudden cannot unsee it: @karenhao.bsky.social on how the AI industry is the new Empire.

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Psst.org featured in @wired.com today. Tech workers: If you are seeing something and wondering if you should say something (or just need a gut-check or legal advice), read this article, and pass it on! You aren't alone, and we can help you build strength in numbers. by @vickiturk.bsky.social

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Senator Cruz 🤔, Gen Xers love a good 90s throwback. But AI bots are not 1995 AOL message boards. A 🧵

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Our review of the sequel... open.substack.com/pub/psstpsst...

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Psst.org @psst-org.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Beyond floored by the incredible panels and people at #LoganSymposium2025 Some highlights—including a very nice sign…

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