Blueprint for Free Speech
@bpfreespeech.bsky.social
International think tank advocating for free speech and whistleblower protections. We run the annual Blueprint Whistleblower Prizes.
Did you know that the average cost of whistleblowing for an individual, including their legal fees and lost income, is over £200,000? (Data from whistleblowingimpact.org)
Blueprint Prizes help raise awareness of the risks involved.
Learn more here 👇
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Blueprint Prizes help raise awareness of the risks involved.
Learn more here 👇
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/abo...
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Did you know that the average cost of whistleblowing for an individual, including their legal fees and lost income, is over £200,000? (Data from whistleblowingimpact.org)
Blueprint Prizes help raise awareness of the risks involved.
Learn more here 👇
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/abo...
Blueprint Prizes help raise awareness of the risks involved.
Learn more here 👇
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/abo...
Nnamdi Emeh exposed serious corruption in the Nigerian police, including involvement in alleged abductions and extrajudicial killing. He
remains in jail facing threats to his life in defiance of a court order granting him bail👇
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remains in jail facing threats to his life in defiance of a court order granting him bail👇
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December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Nnamdi Emeh exposed serious corruption in the Nigerian police, including involvement in alleged abductions and extrajudicial killing. He
remains in jail facing threats to his life in defiance of a court order granting him bail👇
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/rec...
@pplaaf.bsky.social
remains in jail facing threats to his life in defiance of a court order granting him bail👇
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/rec...
@pplaaf.bsky.social
Sarah Wynn-Williams is the winner of the 2025 Blueprint Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize for coming forward about Meta.
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Thanks to @collectivewisdom.bsky.social @flatironbooks.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social
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Thanks to @collectivewisdom.bsky.social @flatironbooks.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sarah Wynn-Williams is the winner of the 2025 Blueprint Asia-Pacific Whistleblowing Prize for coming forward about Meta.
blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/rec...
Thanks to @collectivewisdom.bsky.social @flatironbooks.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social
blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/rec...
Thanks to @collectivewisdom.bsky.social @flatironbooks.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social
Australia's new AI Plan claims to "spread the benefits" with workers - but does it really? www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/australias-new-ai-plan-makes-worker-centric-commitments
Australia’s new AI Plan makes worker-centric commitments — Blueprint for Free Speech
But do they amount to much in practice?
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December 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Australia's new AI Plan claims to "spread the benefits" with workers - but does it really? www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/australias-new-ai-plan-makes-worker-centric-commitments
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part six: Julio Rogelio Viteri Ungaretti reported corruption in
Ecuador’s armed forces while working as a naval attaché at the country’s London embassy.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
Ecuador’s armed forces while working as a naval attaché at the country’s London embassy.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part six: Julio Rogelio Viteri Ungaretti reported corruption in
Ecuador’s armed forces while working as a naval attaché at the country’s London embassy.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
Ecuador’s armed forces while working as a naval attaché at the country’s London embassy.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part five: Guatemalan prosecutor Virginia Laparra became
well-known for her work against malfeasance in
public office. She has faced jail and repeated prosecution attempts, which are still ongoing.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
well-known for her work against malfeasance in
public office. She has faced jail and repeated prosecution attempts, which are still ongoing.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part five: Guatemalan prosecutor Virginia Laparra became
well-known for her work against malfeasance in
public office. She has faced jail and repeated prosecution attempts, which are still ongoing.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
well-known for her work against malfeasance in
public office. She has faced jail and repeated prosecution attempts, which are still ongoing.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part four: Pamela Mabini approached authorities with information about a pastor at a South African church, suspected of numerous acts of sexual assault. She was shot dead this year outside her home
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part four: Pamela Mabini approached authorities with information about a pastor at a South African church, suspected of numerous acts of sexual assault. She was shot dead this year outside her home
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part three: Tumiso Mphuthi exposed corruption at a South African state training institution, funded by a tax levy on
employers. She has been suspended from her job for the past two years.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
employers. She has been suspended from her job for the past two years.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part three: Tumiso Mphuthi exposed corruption at a South African state training institution, funded by a tax levy on
employers. She has been suspended from her job for the past two years.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
employers. She has been suspended from her job for the past two years.
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part two: Nnamdi Emeh exposed serious corruption and a culture of impunity in the Nigerian police, including involvement in alleged abductions and extrajudicial killing. He remains in jail facing threats
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part two: Nnamdi Emeh exposed serious corruption and a culture of impunity in the Nigerian police, including involvement in alleged abductions and extrajudicial killing. He remains in jail facing threats
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part one: Sarah Wynn Williams, whose disclosures about Meta’s attitude towards authoritarian governments brought a new dimension to concerns about the moral responsibility of the social media giants 👇
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The 2025 Blueprint Whistleblowing Prize Winners, part one: Sarah Wynn Williams, whose disclosures about Meta’s attitude towards authoritarian governments brought a new dimension to concerns about the moral responsibility of the social media giants 👇
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/prize/202...
Australia bans social media access for under 16s
Australia takes steps to limit social media access for under 16s — Blueprint for Free Speech
Australia becomes the first country to ban social media for young people
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December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Australia bans social media access for under 16s
Euractiv report on the EU's endorsement of AI whistleblowing www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Commission launches AI whistleblower tool ahead of legal protections kicking in | Euractiv
Protections for users of the tool will only apply under the EU's AI Act from August 2026
www.euractiv.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Euractiv report on the EU's endorsement of AI whistleblowing www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
An important developement - the EU has launched the world's first dedicated reporting channel for AI whistleblowers www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/eu-whistleblower-mailbox-for-ai
EU launches world’s first whistleblower mailbox for AI — Blueprint for Free Speech
Launch is a significant step forward for accountability of AI systems and their developers
www.blueprintforfreespeech.net
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
An important developement - the EU has launched the world's first dedicated reporting channel for AI whistleblowers www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/eu-whistleblower-mailbox-for-ai
Belgian real estate entrepreneur's SLAPP sniffed out by judge.
It's a SLAPP! A judge has ruled in favour of the defendant in the abusive lawsuit launched by Joost Debucquoy, flagged by the CASE in September, referring explicitly to SLAPPs in his judgement.
www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
It's a SLAPP! A judge has ruled in favour of the defendant in the abusive lawsuit launched by Joost Debucquoy, flagged by the CASE in September, referring explicitly to SLAPPs in his judgement.
www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
It’s a SLAPP!: The Price of Exposing Belgium’s Real Estate Injustices – CASE
In 2024, Joost Debucquoy, patriarch of one of Belgium’s richest families, initiated a €1.2 million SLAPP against volunteer-led non-profits Samen Sterk! vzw (Together Strong! NPO) and Erfpacht vzw…
www.the-case.eu
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Belgian real estate entrepreneur's SLAPP sniffed out by judge.
It's a SLAPP! A judge has ruled in favour of the defendant in the abusive lawsuit launched by Joost Debucquoy, flagged by the CASE in September, referring explicitly to SLAPPs in his judgement.
www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
It's a SLAPP! A judge has ruled in favour of the defendant in the abusive lawsuit launched by Joost Debucquoy, flagged by the CASE in September, referring explicitly to SLAPPs in his judgement.
www.the-case.eu/latest/its-a...
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are increasingly being targeted with SLAPP suits www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/when-the-law-silences-survivors-slapps-and-gender-based-violence
When the Law Silences Survivors: SLAPPs and gender-based violence — Blueprint for Free Speech
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) are increasingly being targeted by civil legal action after speaking out
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October 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are increasingly being targeted with SLAPP suits www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/when-the-law-silences-survivors-slapps-and-gender-based-violence
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse. Read the new report from CASE member @IndexCensorship on how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
The legal system is being weaponised to silence survivors of sexual and gender-based violence - Index on Censorship
Index has published a new report showing how survivors are facing abusive strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)
www.indexoncensorship.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence are being silenced by the very people accused of committing the abuse. Read the new report from CASE member @IndexCensorship on how abusive legal actions in the UK & Ireland are silencing those who speak out
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
As UN Rapporteur warns about shrinking space for civil society, US Treasury Secretary alludes to coming clampdown on non profits talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...
Big Talk: Treasury Secretary Declares New War on Terror Against the Left
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that his department is in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As UN Rapporteur warns about shrinking space for civil society, US Treasury Secretary alludes to coming clampdown on non profits talkingpointsmemo.com/news/big-tal...
UN Rapporteur outlines critical threats to rights of assembly and association docs.un.org/en/A/80/219
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October 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
UN Rapporteur outlines critical threats to rights of assembly and association docs.un.org/en/A/80/219
Signal threatens to stop offering services in the EU if encryption bypass law is approved www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Chat Control is "like a malware on your device" – Signal slams the EU proposal to scan your private chats
Encrypted messaging app, Signal, said it could leave Europe instead of weakening encryption if the bill were to pass
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October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Signal threatens to stop offering services in the EU if encryption bypass law is approved www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Significant step forward for corporate accountability as Microsoft withdraws support for mass surveillance in Palestine www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
Israel/OPT: Microsoft terminates Israeli military's access to technology used to operate mass surveillance system in Gaza & the West Bank - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
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October 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Significant step forward for corporate accountability as Microsoft withdraws support for mass surveillance in Palestine www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...
US whistleblowers say they were fired for raising abandonment of anti-discrimination action in housing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US whistleblowers say they were fired for raising fair housing concerns
Hud attorneys who said fighting discrimination not a Trump priority call dismissals ‘as blatant as can be’
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September 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
US whistleblowers say they were fired for raising abandonment of anti-discrimination action in housing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK Government rejects attempt to legally oblige companies to investigate whistleblower reports, despite wide cross-party support protect-advice.org.uk/two-steps-fo...
Two Steps Forward and One Step Back – the Final Outcome for Whistleblowing Reform in the Employment Rights Bill - Protect - Speak up stop harm
On the afternoon on Monday 15th September the government voted to overturn an amendment in the Employment Rights Bill to strengthen protections for whistleblowers. The amendment – which had been…
protect-advice.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
UK Government rejects attempt to legally oblige companies to investigate whistleblower reports, despite wide cross-party support protect-advice.org.uk/two-steps-fo...
Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar says two thirds of Instagram's new safety tools are useless for protecting children www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower
Meta rejects review findings, which claim two-thirds of new features designed to protect young people are ‘woefully ineffective’
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Meta whistleblower Arturo Béjar says two thirds of Instagram's new safety tools are useless for protecting children www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Chinese Covid whistleblower Zhang Zhang sentenced to four additional years in prison www.reuters.com/world/china/...
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Chinese Covid whistleblower Zhang Zhang sentenced to four additional years in prison www.reuters.com/world/china/...
How US tech companies built the Chinese surveillance state apnews.com/article/chin...
Takeaways from AP's investigation into how US tech companies enabled China's digital police state
An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously…
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September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
How US tech companies built the Chinese surveillance state apnews.com/article/chin...