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#Thailand #Patriot
Brave whistleblower
Patchani Phunsuk, #whistleblower at e heart of a #pharmaceutical #corruption #scandal, has helped uncover a #criminalnetwork tt misused taxpayer-funded drugs to enrich a select few while jeopardis'g #publichealth. The corruption, which spans over a decade, involves exploitation of e Veterans General #Hospital system, where “fake patients” were created to funnel medication for #illegal #resale, causing damages worth #billions of baht"
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Bangkok Post · Brave whistleblower uncovers pharma scamBy Karnjana Karnjanatawe

Not good

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
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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: eff.org/pages/list-printers-wh

There is also a GitHub project with code that obfuscates those dots, making them unreadable by authorities: 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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation · List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking DotsWarning (Added 2015) Some of the documents that we previously received through FOIA suggested that all major manufacturers of color laser printers entered a secret agreement with governments to ensure that the output of those printers is forensically traceable. Although we still don't know if this...

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

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