- https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2022/countering-authoritarian-overhaul-internet#tracking-the-global-decline
- In at least 53 countries, users faced legal repercussions for expressing themselves online, often leading to draconian prison terms.
- 71% of the global internet population is considered "not free or partly free."
- Authorities in at least 40 countries blocked social, political, or religious content online, an all-time high in Freedom on the Net.
- https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2021/global-drive-control-big-tech
- https://techjury.net/blog/internet-censorship-statistics/
- 4.2 billion people were affected by internet censorship in 2022
- Whistleblowing becomes law in the EU
- OSHA Whistleblower Statistics FY2017 – FY2022
- SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $18 Million
- Miceli, M. P., Near, J. P., & Dworkin, T. M. (2008). Whistle-blowing in organizations.
- Up to 90% of whistleblowers first attempt to report concerns internally before resorting to external channels.
- Rothschild, J., & Miethe, T. D. (1999). Whistle-blower disclosures and management retaliation: The battle to control information about organization corruption.
- In their sample, a significant majority of whistleblowers attempted to solve the problem internally before resorting to external reporting.
- Kaptein, M. (2011). From inaction to external whistleblowing.
- More ethical cultures foster trust to report internally first
- Mesmer-Magnus, J. R., & Viswesvaran, C. (2005). Whistleblowing in organizations: An examination of correlates of whistleblowing intentions, actions, and retaliation. Journal of Business Ethics, 62(3), 277-297.
- A majority of whistleblowers attempt internal reporting before considering external avenues.