For Tech Whistleblowers, There’s Safety in Numbers

Amber Scorah knows only too well that powerful stories can change society—and that powerful organizations will try to undermine those who tell them. In 2015, her 3-month-old son Karl died on his first day of day care. Heartbroken and furious that she hadn’t been with him, Scorah wrote an op-ed about the poor provision for parental leave in the US; her story helped New York City employees win their fight for improved family leave. In 2019 she wrote a memoir about leaving her tight-knit religion, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, that exposed issues within the secretive organization. The book cost her friends and family members, but she heard from many people who had also been questioning some of the religion’s controversial practices. Rogue Nation WIRED profiles the people who make trouble—scams, drug deals, even murder—and also, occasionally, save the day. Then, while working at a media outlet that connects whistleblowers with journalists, she noticed parallels in the coercive tactics used by ... Read full article.