Whistleblower
Definition
Whistleblowers are often displayed in the media as some sort
of person that spends their life trying to expose something and being called
crazy for it. However, the definition of a whistleblower is a person that
exposes information activity within either a private, public, or government organization
that is deemed illegal, illicit, unsafe, fraud, or abuse of power or funds. Whistleblowers
are often small people in government or organization that simply have found out
that their bosses or higher up have been abusing their power. They then go out
of their way to spread or report this information to the people often with repercussions
or downsides to themselves.
Examples
There have been many different famous whistleblowers over
the years but let’s focus on Edward Snowden. He was a former worker for the NSA
or National Security Agency. He was then employed as a contractor for the CIA
when he learned about the government using multiple different software and surveillance
programs to spy on both the American people and important people abroad. This leaking
of information lead to him being wanted by America and fleeing to Russia in
order to escape punishment for revealing this information. His leak allowed for
the people to know that their government was truly spying on its own people and
keeping all their information in servers illegally. It is thanks to people like
him and their sacrifice of normal life that people learn about the hidden
information that their government is hiding from them.
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