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KPMG Australia dismissed its whistleblower's concerns as ‘unsubstantiated’. Now its CEO has resigned, regulators are circling and parliament is asking whether KPMG should be running a whistleblower hotline for other companies www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/sten... #KPMG #Whistleblowing

Stench from KPMG Australia whistleblower scandal grows — Blueprint for Free SpeechKPMG Australia's CEO quit after the firm admitted mishandling a whistleblower's claims that audit partners had used confidential client data to win consulting contracts. The scandal is rapidly…www.blueprintforfreespeech.net

Iran has partially restored internet access after what has been described as the world’s longest nationwide blackout on record. For some, this raises suspicions of expanded surveillance www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... via @theguardian.com

‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers backAfter 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratorywww.theguardian.com

KPMG Australia’s CEO quits after audit firm admits to flawed investigation of whistleblower complaints about misuse of confidential client data to win contracts ft.com/content/0787... via @financialtimes.com

KPMG Australia’s CEO resigns after whistleblower claimsBig Four firm says its investigations into allegations of data misuse lacked rigourft.com

Amnesty has released an alarming new report showing how tech companies extract data from billions of online posts without consent, infringing on privacy and ramping up racial and gender biases, opening up "a risk of mass abuse of human rights" buff.ly/N1K2PLI #DataPrivacy #AISafety @amnesty.org

Global: Enormous data pipelines powering major generative AI systems are rooted in mass invasions of privacy by designCompanies are extracting vast troves of online data through unlawful web scraping to build their generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in a way that is enabling a mass invasion of privacy,…www.amnesty.org

It takes the average person less than 10 minutes to dismantle guardrails on Meta and Google AI models www.ft.com/content/5630...

AI guardrails stripped from Meta and Google models in minutesSoftware designed to remove safety protections creates systems that provide responses on biological weapons and malwarewww.ft.com

Deepfakes are designed to manufacture doubt & suppress voices of those who document the dangers. None of this is inevitable. Speakers at re:publica 26 laid out how we can arm ourselves to fight back @jun.de @quinnslobodian.com @carolecadwalla.bsky.social #rp26 #republica26 buff.ly/Nm5D4dq

Arming against weaponised deepfakes and engineered consent — Blueprint for Free SpeechSpeakers at re:publica 26 traced an arc from ideology to interface to consequence in a world of AI controlled by a handful of tech oligarchs. They argued concentrated power, manufactured consent and…www.blueprintforfreespeech.net

Thought you could opt-out of having your data harvested, shared or sold when using dating apps or AI platforms? New research reveals a range of sneak arounds deployed to con users into giving up their personal information, @wired.com reports

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report FindsA new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to confuse users while collecting their data.www.wired.com

Trump baulks at signing AI oversight order over China fears in AI race. Some White House officials are mooting rules similar to FDA drug approvals before releasing new frontier models following the Mythos cyber security scare #AISafety #CyberSecurity www.wsj.com/tech/ai/trum...

Trump Postpones AI Order Because of Concerns About OverregulationThe White House had been weighing more oversight over the fast-growing industry.www.wsj.com

Alarm bells raised over South Africa’s new whistleblower law: weak enforcement & no independent oversight or emergency safeguards. In a country with a high level of assassinations, these should be taken seriously. But SA's Justice Minister refuses to extend public comment period buff.ly/RYNXAiX

OUTA warns proposed whistleblower law still fails whistleblowersSouth Africa cannot keep asking citizens to expose corruption while leaving whistleblowers unprotectedbuff.ly

Corruption investigations in France have reached a record high – up 300% since 2016, with a year-on-year increase of 35%, @mediapart.fr reports Whistleblower protection has never been more pressing #Whistleblowers #Corruption buff.ly/5CfH1Z8

Record number of corruption probes in France in 2025Latest yearly figures from France’s interior ministry reveal that a record number of police and gendarmerie investigations into corruption were recorded in the country in 2025, representing a year-o…www.mediapart.fr

Ricochet Refresh helps journalists & human rights defenders stay safe. Small contributions can have an outsized impact! Join the campaign to fund internet freedom: internetfreedom.torproject.org/projects/ @torproject.org @web3privacy.info @ooni.org #FundInternetFreedom www.ricochetrefresh.net

Nearly 80% of tobacco bought by young Australians is illicit – fully branded packs, no health warnings, sold openly at the corner shop. A new Cancer Council NSW study shows weak enforcement is unravelling decades of public health progress @tcrgbath.bsky.social buff.ly/cQ26d4B buff.ly/PeoqzYD

Australian youth hooked on illegal smokes as government drops ball — Blueprint for Free SpeechNearly 80% of tobacco bought by young Australians is illicit, a new study finds, as black market sales boom and weak enforcement undermines decades of public health gainswww.blueprintforfreespeech.net

What if $1 could stretch as far as $100? The campaign is live! We’re exploring a new way to fund internet freedom. One small contribution can have a huge impact. Become part of it: internetfreedom.torproject.org @osservatorionessuno.org @torproject.org #FundInternetFreedom www.ricochetrefresh.net

Today we join a group of 10 like-minded projects in the launch of a new crowdfunding initiative benefitting internet freedom. One small contribution can have a huge impact. Become part of it: buff.ly/1gKPDdb @torproject.org @ooni.org #FundInternetFreedom #RicochetRefresh buff.ly/ozXRdDN

Help us keep internet freedom tools alive to ensure free speech flourishes — Blueprint for Free SpeechToday we join a group of 10 like-minded projects in exploring a new way to fund internet freedom. Freedom of expression flourishes when it’s unrestricted by censorship and intrusive surveillance.…www.blueprintforfreespeech.net

Blueprint for Free Speech is at re:publica 26 in Berlin, where three speakers mapped the dangers of cybernetic authoritarianism underpinning generative AI controlled by tech oligarchs and empire builders @re-publica.com @karenhao.com @doctorow.bsky.social #rp26 #republica26 buff.ly/vz3cMbN

Authoritarian AI dystopia poses existential threat to democracy if left unchallenged — Blueprint for Free SpeechAt re:publica 26, three speakers traced the ideology, infrastructure and interface of a new cybernetic authoritarianismwww.blueprintforfreespeech.net

Journalists covering climate and environment in Africa face growing risk of legal harassment from rich and powerful resorting to SLAPPs to silence critical reporting. New research points to grave yet underreported threat to free expression #SLAPPs @globalfreemedia.bsky.social buff.ly/DJIreC4

New IPI report: SLAPPs pose threat to Africa’s climate and environmental journalists – ipi.mediaEnvironmental and climate journalists in Africa face a serious yet underreported risk from SLAPPs, according to a new report from the International Press Institute (IPI). The report, “SLAPPs against…buff.ly

The tools we build protect journalists and human rights defenders from surveillance and censorship. What if funding them wasn't driven by a small number of large donors, but by how many people showed up? Will YOU show up? May 19 #FundInternetFreedom @torproject.org @openarchive.bsky.social

Uganda has passed a new law aimed at silencing dissent that poses a grave threat to civil society. It labels those who receive donor funding from abroad “agents of foreigners”. Anyone convicted faces up to 20 years in prison #Uganda #CivilSociety www.theafricareport.com/417552/ugand...

Uganda passes ‘foreign agents’ bill as Museveni tightens gripParliament approves a contentious sovereignty law mirroring Russian-style curbs on dissent, despite warnings from human rights groups that the 20-year prison sentences will stifle civil society and ri...www.theafricareport.com

UK’s outgunned Serious Fraud Office "a disappointing state of affairs" as top prosecutors quit, key convictions are quashed and over 20 cases are placed under review www.ft.com/content/7b94...

Britain’s fraudbuster is on the ropesCritics say the SFO’s prosecutions take too long and fail too often. The risk is that white-collar crime goes unpunishedwww.ft.com

Digital surveillance of journalists has gone industrial, as this study shows. Finding new ways to fund internet freedom tools, including those we build, has never been so pressing Will you join us? May 19 #FundInternetFreedom @torproject.org @ifjglobal.bsky.social buff.ly/ymoJiQ5

New research paints a bleak picture of industrial-scale surveillance threats — Blueprint for Free SpeechSurveillance now ranks among the top three threats to safety of journalists worldwide. Spying on human rights and truth defenders has gone industrialwww.blueprintforfreespeech.net