Whistleblower

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to a medical practitioner, who also claimed to be a whistleblower in the sensational Vyapam scam, in a case of alleged violence during a protest in Madhya Pradesh. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took note of the submissions made by senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha that accused Anand Rai, an ophthalmologist, is in jail for the last 60 days in connection with a criminal case lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. "This man is an ophthalmologist. He says he is also the whistleblower in the Vyapam scam. The allegation is that he was part of a mob which attacked the (district) collector. How long will you keep him in jail?" the bench asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared in the matter on behalf of the Madhya Pradesh government. It also took note of the fact that the chargesheet has not been

If we continue to misuse this policy with frivolous and mischievous complaints, then we are blunting it," she said

Since 2013, Edward Snowden has been living in Russia to escape prosecution in the US after leaking secret files related to the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the CIA

A majority of Twitter shareholders have voted to approve the takeover by Musk, sources told Reuters on Monday. The company will announce the results during a special meeting on Tuesday

In a letter to Twitter on Friday, lawyers for Musk said Twitter's failure to seek his consent before paying $7.75 million to whistleblower Peiter Zatko and his lawyers violated the merger agreement

Twitter is now facing privacy probes in the European Union (EU) after the whistleblower complaint from its former head of security, Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, created a storm worldwide

Twitter General Counsel Sean Edgett also told employees the company reached out to various agencies around the world before the news broke.

Indian govt had forced Twitter to put one of its agents on the payroll with access to user data, alleges ex -security chief

Domestic corporate scandals of recent vintage, such as Global Trust, Satyam, IL&FS or YES Bank, to name a few, have all been the result of implosions rather than employee revelations

The whistleblower letter, sent at the end of December and also addressed to Reserve Bank of India and the National Housing Bank, said there were irregularities at one of the branches

A network of journalists from around the world obtained leaked records on more than 18,000 Credit Suisse accounts

Kim's action led to an agreement last year by Hyundai which are among the world's top automakers by sales, to pay a record civil penalty of $210 million over recalls involving nearly 1.7 mn vehicles

Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist-turned-whistleblower, has alleged that the social network giant's products harm children and fuel polarisation in the United States

The increased scrutiny comes after Frances Haugen leaked documents which she said showed the company chose profit over user safety

The burden will be on individual accountants to report violations from April 2022

Facebook Inc's oversight board, said on Monday it would meet with former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in the coming weeks

"At the most basic level, I think most of us just don't recognise the false picture of the company that is being painted," he wrote in a note to employees

"Facebook's products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy," the whistleblower said

Haugen, a former product manager on Facebook's civic misinformation team, says the social media giant keeps its algorithms and operations a secret

Naidu on Monday suggested all corporates to provide adequate safeguards for the protection of whistle-blowers