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- EIN 82-2614925
- (202) 256-5613
- 151 1st Avenue 214 New York NY 10003-2965 USA
- https://thesignalsnetwork.org
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Causes: Censorship, Freedom of Speech & Press, Civil Rights
Mission: The overarching purposes of the organization are to support, promote and advance the public interest by encouraging and enabling transparency, accountability, reporting, and whistle-blowing. In particular, the organization aims to create a safer environment for citizens brave enough to expose information that protects society and exposes corruption. To this end, the organization shall create a mechanism to make the process of exposing information that benefits the public safe for those involved. The organization will work with attorneys, privacy experts, psychologists as well as other experts to create a safe environment for private citizens and public servants to expose wrongdoing. The organization will also work with media organization involved investigative journalism to support.
Programs: Media collaboration - the signals network supports media organizations that are committed to investigate collaboratively and to reveal major wrongdoing and potential threats to democracy, freedom and justice. Through its media collaboration program, the signals network supports media organizations in their investigations. The signals network can: connect its partner media organizations with collaborative media initiatives; play a project management role in collaborative efforts of media organizations; help devise and implement confidentiality protocols using existing technological resources that enhance the privacy and security of information shared between journalists and sources; provide its partner media organizations access to a network of lawyers to which they can refer putative whistleblowers who are in need of legal counsel; and help create new resources for journalists and whistleblowers.
whistle-blower support: the signals network affords customized support services to a selected number of whistleblowers who have contributed to published reports of significant wrongdoing. The types of services the signals network can provide to selected whistleblowers in appropriate cases are: legal support/representation, information security, media relations management, advocacy, psychological support, and safe-housing.