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📢 TSN at the International Journalism Festival
The Signals Network will be at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, contributing to two panels on protecting whistleblowers and sensitive sources.
🔷 How to work safely with sensitive sources: https://bit.ly/4uSSQAa
📆 April 16, 2026
🔷 Adapting under pressure: how whistleblowing platforms respond to evolving threats & regulations: https://bit.ly/40XH4qE
📆 April 17, 2026
Join us as we share insights from the front lines.
📖 What TSN read this week:
📌The Athletic: Tigers praised employees who spoke out about misconduct, then pushed out a whistleblower
👉 https://bit.ly/4t6yUrP
📌The Guardian: Trump whistleblower Alex Vindman: ‘Sitting on the sidelines was not an option’
👉 https://bit.ly/4s1Gzqy
📖 What TSN read this week:
📌PressGazette: Guardian source messaging tech bringing in ‘much higher quality’ of tips
👉 https://bit.ly/40YpC5i
📌Los Angeles Times: Officials considered warning Altadena before Eaton fire, but no alert was sent
👉 https://bit.ly/4s1YrBR
📌Bloomberg Tax: IRS Whistleblower Program Bill Advanced by House Panel
👉 https://bit.ly/4rZ2zCr
📌Better Markets: The SEC Must Stop Wrongfully Denying Awards to Whistleblowers
👉 https://bit.ly/4rVGDrO
⚠️ What the War in Iran Reminds Us About Whistleblowing
With internet blackouts, AI-generated misinformation & tight media restrictions, reliable information is hard to come by. Whistleblowers & leaked information remain crucial in exposing wrongdoing, especially in the most controlled environments.
Our impact advisor, Sandrine Rastello, explores these stories & why courage & truth-telling are more important than ever.
🔗 Read more here: https://thesignalsnetwork.org/what-the-war-in-iran-reminds-us-about-whistleblowing-tsn-conversations/
TSN is proud to support whistleblower Nick Vaquero, an associate director in the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, who raised serious concerns about the agency’s response to the January 2025 L.A. fires.
After repeatedly raising concerns internally, Vaquero filed a whistleblower complaint in October 2025.
🔗 Read more on our blog: https://bit.ly/3PhNyOv
📖 What TSN read this week:
📌The Washington Post: Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
👉Read more here: https://bit.ly/40tK120
📌NL Times: Sharp increase in reports to whistleblowers' advice center
👉Read more here: https://bit.ly/40twjw0
📌LAist: Whistleblower complaint. Document alleges county employee slept during fire
👉Read more here: https://bit.ly/3P5pUok
If you're following the situation in Iran, this one is of interest to you.
Today, we're publishing a story that I find very important for many reasons.
We can prove how the regime in Iran is using facial recognition software to surveil its citizens. We have obtained videos showing the software in a live-scenario, at metro stations in Teheran. We have contracts, and we have had a look at the code, built by the Russian company Ntechlab whose algorithms are deemed to be best-in class.
We spoke with a dozen people who know the regime, either because they had to flee after being imprisoned or from a technical point of view.
All of this, and more, you can find in our reporting, #EyesOfIran. Here are the links:
Forbidden Stories: https://forbiddenstories.org/iran-regime-monitors-citizens/
US-Präsident Trump fordert die Iraner auf, das Regime zu stürzen. Doch die Führung in Teheran hat einen gigantischen Überwachungsapparat erschaffen. SPIEGEL-Recherchen gewähren Einblick in das Spähsystem der Mullahs.
Video footage shows how the software works in Teheran metro.
Read the investigation:
🔎 DER SPIEGEL: https://bit.ly/4cwOTux
🔎 ZDF: https://bit.ly/3OEIfsh
🔎 Forbidden Stories: https://bit.ly/3N2kk5t
🔎 DER STANDARD: https://bit.ly/4aXsWDL
🔎 Le Monde: https://bit.ly/4bbRms2
Your support allows us to make such investigative project possible, please donate today: https://bit.ly/4clHRIR
US-Präsident Trump fordert die Iraner auf, das Regime zu stürzen. Doch die Führung in Teheran hat einen gigantischen Überwachungsapparat erschaffen. SPIEGEL-Recherchen gewähren Einblick in das Spähsystem der Mullahs.
🔴 Iran/Revealed:
The Eyes of Iran: Breaking the Code of Iran’s Surveillance System
The Signals Network is proud to support the investigative project #EyesofIran which reveals the secret Russian facial-recognition technology Teheran uses to monitor the Iranian people.
Kandoo, a nonprofit organization working on cybersecurity for vulnerable populations and led by Nima Fatemi, worked closely with TSN on this project.
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