SUMMARY - Whistleblowers and Tech Accountability
A data scientist discovers their company's algorithm systematically discriminates against minority applicants. They report internally and are told to stay quiet. They go to regulators and are fired, blacklisted, and sued for breaching confidentiality. Another employee leaks internal documents showing a platform knew its systems amplified extremism and chose profit over safety. The revelations trigger investigations, policy changes, and public reckoning, but the whistleblower faces criminal prosecution and exile.