Amber Scorah
@amberscorah.bsky.social
Helping people expose "mayhem", cofounder Psst.org, author of Leaving the Witness (Viking), Find me in WIRED's rogue section. NYC 4ever.
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Spotify Wrapped is so last week!
This week, dive into your new favorite 2025 recap: 10 heinous things tech companies did to silence their employees this year! Part I is live on our Substack.
Read now, subscribe, and share—together, we can stop this madness! #TechAccountability #Whistleblowing
This week, dive into your new favorite 2025 recap: 10 heinous things tech companies did to silence their employees this year! Part I is live on our Substack.
Read now, subscribe, and share—together, we can stop this madness! #TechAccountability #Whistleblowing
10 heinous things Tech and AI companies did to shut up their employees this year
Part 1: There are so many heinous things that, yes, we have to make it a series.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spotify Wrapped is so last week!
This week, dive into your new favorite 2025 recap: 10 heinous things tech companies did to silence their employees this year! Part I is live on our Substack.
Read now, subscribe, and share—together, we can stop this madness! #TechAccountability #Whistleblowing
This week, dive into your new favorite 2025 recap: 10 heinous things tech companies did to silence their employees this year! Part I is live on our Substack.
Read now, subscribe, and share—together, we can stop this madness! #TechAccountability #Whistleblowing
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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?...
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?...
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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?...
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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🔔 New: Rowan Philp's piece for @gijn.org discusses how we’re collectivizing the act of whistleblowing. Raising red flags shouldn’t have to be a full-on hero’s journey. 🚩 That’s why we offer a secure way for tech/AI workers to flag a concern.
Read the full article here: gijn.org/stories/new-...
Read the full article here: gijn.org/stories/new-...
New Tools to Reduce the Risks for Whistleblowers
Two new digital platforms seek to solve many of the problems and vulnerabilities that prevent whistleblowers from coming forward.
gijn.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🔔 New: Rowan Philp's piece for @gijn.org discusses how we’re collectivizing the act of whistleblowing. Raising red flags shouldn’t have to be a full-on hero’s journey. 🚩 That’s why we offer a secure way for tech/AI workers to flag a concern.
Read the full article here: gijn.org/stories/new-...
Read the full article here: gijn.org/stories/new-...
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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).
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).
October 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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).
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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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...
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...
September 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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...
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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We think leaders building AI have got this right: “it’s up to the people building AI to ensure it’s a force for the greater good.”
But we believe the definition of "greater good" has to involve the public. We can do this together.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
But we believe the definition of "greater good" has to involve the public. We can do this together.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We think leaders building AI have got this right: “it’s up to the people building AI to ensure it’s a force for the greater good.”
But we believe the definition of "greater good" has to involve the public. We can do this together.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
But we believe the definition of "greater good" has to involve the public. We can do this together.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
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Interesting glimpse into the human touch behind AI safety. While this info unfortunately came to us via an accidentally public Google Doc, imagine a world where AI insiders are empowered to share public interest information regularly.
That’s the reality we’re trying to create.
That’s the reality we’re trying to create.
NEW: Surge AI left an AI safety training document public via Google Docs. It reveals a lot about the limits (or lack thereof) humans are imposing on chatbots. www.inc.com/sam-blum/sur...
Surge AI Left an Internal AI Safety Doc Public. Here’s What Chatbots Can and Can’t Say
Inc. obtained the document from Surge AI, a data-labeling giant. It contains dicey edge cases on sensitive topics.
www.inc.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Interesting glimpse into the human touch behind AI safety. While this info unfortunately came to us via an accidentally public Google Doc, imagine a world where AI insiders are empowered to share public interest information regularly.
That’s the reality we’re trying to create.
That’s the reality we’re trying to create.
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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
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
May 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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
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
Excited to be featured in WIRED Magazine @wired.com today!
Anyone seeing something and feeling the need to save something, visit us at @psst-org.bsky.social--you're in good hands!
Anyone seeing something and feeling the need to save something, visit us at @psst-org.bsky.social--you're in good hands!
Want more? Here's a profile of @amberscorah.bsky.social and her quest to build Psst.org a safe place for whistleblowers to share what they know.
www.wired.com/story/amber-...
www.wired.com/story/amber-...
For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers
Amber Scorah and Psst are building a “digital safe” to help people shine a light on the bad things their bosses are doing, without getting found out.
www.wired.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Excited to be featured in WIRED Magazine @wired.com today!
Anyone seeing something and feeling the need to save something, visit us at @psst-org.bsky.social--you're in good hands!
Anyone seeing something and feeling the need to save something, visit us at @psst-org.bsky.social--you're in good hands!
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⬇️ Breaking: Sen. Chuck Grassley introduces a bill aimed at protecting AI whistleblowers. It includes:
- Protections against employer retaliation
- Clear legal avenues to report AI safety risks
- Financial relief for employees who experienced retaliation
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
- Protections against employer retaliation
- Clear legal avenues to report AI safety risks
- Financial relief for employees who experienced retaliation
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
Grassley focuses on AI whistleblowers
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley is leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to protect would-be corporate whistleblowers in AI.
punchbowl.news
May 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
⬇️ Breaking: Sen. Chuck Grassley introduces a bill aimed at protecting AI whistleblowers. It includes:
- Protections against employer retaliation
- Clear legal avenues to report AI safety risks
- Financial relief for employees who experienced retaliation
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
- Protections against employer retaliation
- Clear legal avenues to report AI safety risks
- Financial relief for employees who experienced retaliation
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
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“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
May 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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According to Paul Tudor Jones, tech leaders are stocking up apocalypse bunkers in fears that AI will overtake humanity.
We don’t enjoy bunkers, so we’re building safe, secure channels for AI insiders to warn us about danger before it happens. 🛖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrES...
We don’t enjoy bunkers, so we’re building safe, secure channels for AI insiders to warn us about danger before it happens. 🛖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrES...
Paul Tudor Jones: AI poses an imminent threat to humanity in our lifetime
YouTube video by CNBC Television
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
According to Paul Tudor Jones, tech leaders are stocking up apocalypse bunkers in fears that AI will overtake humanity.
We don’t enjoy bunkers, so we’re building safe, secure channels for AI insiders to warn us about danger before it happens. 🛖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrES...
We don’t enjoy bunkers, so we’re building safe, secure channels for AI insiders to warn us about danger before it happens. 🛖
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrES...
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An underrated takeaway from this case - Apple staff is pressured from the very top of the organization to openly flout the rule of law.
GodDAMN this ruling against Apple in the Epic lawsuit is brutal. This is a judge who is outright furious at a company and it is not going well for them.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
May 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
An underrated takeaway from this case - Apple staff is pressured from the very top of the organization to openly flout the rule of law.
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OpenAI’s proposed restructuring would remove nonprofit control over AI development, threatening its mission to ensure AI benefits all humanity.
We've signed onto this letter to @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov + AG Kathy Jennings asking them to halt the restructuring. notforprivategain.org
Also... this:
We've signed onto this letter to @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov + AG Kathy Jennings asking them to halt the restructuring. notforprivategain.org
Also... this:
April 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OpenAI’s proposed restructuring would remove nonprofit control over AI development, threatening its mission to ensure AI benefits all humanity.
We've signed onto this letter to @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov + AG Kathy Jennings asking them to halt the restructuring. notforprivategain.org
Also... this:
We've signed onto this letter to @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov + AG Kathy Jennings asking them to halt the restructuring. notforprivategain.org
Also... this:
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All the things we would not know if not for a whistleblower* today:
* Sarah Wynn-Williams, Senate Oversight Committee on Meta’s ties to China (thread)
* Sarah Wynn-Williams, Senate Oversight Committee on Meta’s ties to China (thread)
April 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
All the things we would not know if not for a whistleblower* today:
* Sarah Wynn-Williams, Senate Oversight Committee on Meta’s ties to China (thread)
* Sarah Wynn-Williams, Senate Oversight Committee on Meta’s ties to China (thread)
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You’ve seen the @newyorker piece about The Knot’s fake brides? Well- this expose was a long time coming. Let us take you through the twists and turns of bringing it to light - allow us to share… (thread)
April 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You’ve seen the @newyorker piece about The Knot’s fake brides? Well- this expose was a long time coming. Let us take you through the twists and turns of bringing it to light - allow us to share… (thread)
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The fact that it took years for Psst whistleblowers to expose the alleged fraud at The Knot (as seen in this week's New Yorker) shows why sources need more support....and why holding the powerful to account takes a badass village (and the gaze 👀 of Sen. Grassley):
open.substack.com/pub/psstpsst...
open.substack.com/pub/psstpsst...
April 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The fact that it took years for Psst whistleblowers to expose the alleged fraud at The Knot (as seen in this week's New Yorker) shows why sources need more support....and why holding the powerful to account takes a badass village (and the gaze 👀 of Sen. Grassley):
open.substack.com/pub/psstpsst...
open.substack.com/pub/psstpsst...
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Subscribe to this substack to join our movement to bring people together to put a check on the powerful!
February 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Subscribe to this substack to join our movement to bring people together to put a check on the powerful!
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Psst is coming to #RightsCon2025. Our Legal Director Jennifer Gibson will be joined by Ben Grazda (@accessnow.org), @telliotter.bsky.social (@wired.com), @sambiddle.com (@theintercept.com), and Gabriel Schubiner (@notechforapartheid.bsky.social).
If you'll be there, come say hi! ⬇️
If you'll be there, come say hi! ⬇️
February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Psst is coming to #RightsCon2025. Our Legal Director Jennifer Gibson will be joined by Ben Grazda (@accessnow.org), @telliotter.bsky.social (@wired.com), @sambiddle.com (@theintercept.com), and Gabriel Schubiner (@notechforapartheid.bsky.social).
If you'll be there, come say hi! ⬇️
If you'll be there, come say hi! ⬇️
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The new trend in networking: whisper networking! 🤫
Find out how you can do it in @columjournreview.bsky.social today: www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
Find out how you can do it in @columjournreview.bsky.social today: www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
February 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The new trend in networking: whisper networking! 🤫
Find out how you can do it in @columjournreview.bsky.social today: www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
Find out how you can do it in @columjournreview.bsky.social today: www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
Got mayhem?
Here for all your “wrongdoing and
mayhem” needs 🔦✌🏼
We’re profiled today in @columjournreview.bsky.social / @meghnadbose.bsky.social
Read—and please share!—so people seeing something know there’s a place to get protection as they say something.
www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
mayhem” needs 🔦✌🏼
We’re profiled today in @columjournreview.bsky.social / @meghnadbose.bsky.social
Read—and please share!—so people seeing something know there’s a place to get protection as they say something.
www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
Whisper Networking
A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers.
www.cjr.org
February 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Got mayhem?
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But imagine a central information bank run by a nonprofit, into which sources could put info that could be collated, such that one source wasn't talking to one journalist, not realizing another was speaking to another, when together there was a bigger picture...
Oh wait, there is! www.psst.org/safe
Oh wait, there is! www.psst.org/safe
I love that @404media.co puts this call-out to source directly in the body of their articles
February 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
But imagine a central information bank run by a nonprofit, into which sources could put info that could be collated, such that one source wasn't talking to one journalist, not realizing another was speaking to another, when together there was a bigger picture...
Oh wait, there is! www.psst.org/safe
Oh wait, there is! www.psst.org/safe
If you're a worker who is sitting on something you're concerned about, there's help out here!
January 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you're a worker who is sitting on something you're concerned about, there's help out here!