11-17-2024, 02:44 PM
PMX’s whistleblower stance: Shielding integrity or protecting those in power?
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WHEN Christopher Wylie blew the whistle in 2018 on Cambridge Analytica’s role in the US presidential election meddling two years earlier, he wasn’t exactly an angel.
He had been involved in some of the questionable data practices himself but his decision to expose the truth led to a global reckoning on data privacy, sparking EU (European Union) reforms and Facebook overhauls. And for that Wylie walked away from any prosecution.
Imagine if UK authorities had ignored his revelations simply because he wasn’t “totally clean.” The scandals would have stayed buried while the executives would still be cashing in on everyone else’s expense.
Yet here we are in Malaysia faced with a whistleblower holding incriminating evidence against eight Sabah assemblypersons – and our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is telling him there’s no guaranteed protection. Why? Because he’s the “bribe giver.”He had been involved in some of the questionable data practices himself but his decision to expose the truth led to a global reckoning on data privacy, sparking EU (European Union) reforms and Facebook overhauls. And for that Wylie walked away from any prosecution.
Imagine if UK authorities had ignored his revelations simply because he wasn’t “totally clean.” The scandals would have stayed buried while the executives would still be cashing in on everyone else’s expense.
Has anyone in power stopped to think: who else but the bribe giver could provide this level of evidence?
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