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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday February 18 2017, @10:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-make-sure-the-data-isn't-classified dept.

Common Dreams reports

Facing a presidential administration committed to waging war on Science, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) this week launched a website to help scientists blow the whistle on government interference in their work.

[...] The website encourages scientists employed by state and federal agencies to share "memos, emails, directives, or any other documents;" to send "datasets or other information that has been altered or removed from public view;" and adds: "You can also describe anything that has been communicated orally or even rumors that you have heard, and we will investigate."

The UCS urges potential whistleblowers to use encrypted communications, anonymous email, and the postal service to send materials, and encourages following the Electronic Frontier Foundation's advice for protecting privacy.

Related:
NASA's Earth Science Datasets and Others May be Disappearing From Public Access


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @12:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @12:31AM (#469115)

    TV reporters

    As stated, Lamestream Media is a DUBIOUS source of information.
    As with anything where -profit- trumps all other considerations, they aren't really interesting in truth, just maximizing profits.

    Similar deal with "public" broadcasting where they are hanging on by their fingernails because of Neoliberal/Reactionary funding cuts.
    Those places have turned into just another source of corporate ads (even if they call those sponsorships/underwriting/whatever) and corporate propaganda.
    Actual criticism of a gov't which might, on a whim, further cut their funding is not to be expected either.

    The only broadcast model from which you should expect veracity is listener-funded/viewer-funded.

    Americans [...] have better things to do

    ...like consume "reality" TeeVee.

    major publication

    If USAians would invest a tiny bit of effort into locating one or more New Media outlets which aren't concentrating their efforts on making profits to pay for incredibly expensive office space and fancy furnishings and such, those USAians could quite easily find a bunch whose mission is veracity.

    Websites which monitor Lamestream Media and use multiple outlets as sources and CRITIQUE them when they go off the rails do supply a useful service and should be sought out.

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]