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Citizens Pay More, Wait Longer, Learn Less: Manitoba’s Transparency Breakdown
In the last fiscal year, Manitobans seeking information paid over $13,000 to find out what their government was up to. Fees tripled while response time compliance plunged.
CORRUPTION
At KidsPeace, No Peace for Kids: Abuse Allegations Mount at Pennsylvania Youth Psychiatric Center
Three former residents say they were assaulted as children and silenced by fear. Now, the psychiatric facility is using legal tactics to dodge accountability.
CORRUPTION
“It’s Like Jail”: Colorado Youth Describe Abusive Life Inside Psychiatric Center
A state-licensed youth psychiatric facility is under fire after a three-year study found repeated abuses, high restraint rates and a string of broken promises to reform.
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Arizona Officials Sued Over Withheld Records in Billion-Dollar Education Funding Scandal
Investigative journalists demand answers as officials dodge record requests on a program plagued by waste, secrecy and abuse—the very things freedom of information laws were created to uncover.
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Australia Government Moves to Tighten Freedom of Information Law, Curtail Public Access
Transparency advocates say proposed FOI changes gut the public’s right to know and shield the government from scrutiny.
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CA Targets Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall for Receivership Amid Staff-Instigated “Gladiator Fights”
From “Fight Club” brawls to staff overdoses, Los Padrinos has spiraled into chaos. Now California moves to seize control to protect the children inside.
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Energy Department Sparks Uproar With New “Still Interested” FOIA Policy
The Department of Energy’s recent demand that requesters reconfirm their interest or face automatic closure is drawing fire from transparency advocates and raising legal alarms.
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Claire Headley Fesses Up—Admits She and Husband Ran Fake Amazon Reviews Scam
A brazen confession and a trail of scams: how the Headleys built a business cheating consumers with fake Amazon reviews.
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Claire Headley Caught Fronting Amazon Fake Review Scam—A Freedom Investigation
Flouting FTC regulations and Amazon policy, Headley’s Product Reviews USA LLC* is on the radar of both civil and regulatory sources for wrongdoing.
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Experts Warn: Deepfake Scams Are Outpacing Prevention
From the US to New Zealand, criminals are using synthetic voices and images to steal life savings and impersonate global leaders—while defenses lag dangerously behind.
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Judge Rules Fort Smith Violated FOIA After Hiring Woman Charged with Felony Stalking
A judge found Fort Smith violated the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act after hiring a candidate charged with felony stalking. The fallout exposes deep cracks in transparency and oversight.
CORRUPTION
The Friendly Faces Behind America’s Prescription Machine
How pharmaceutical reps use charm, freebies and seduction to shape what your doctor prescribes—and why the cozy relationship may be costing you more than you think.
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Freedom’s Chemical Weapons Exposés
Warnings by Freedom three decades ago largely ignored by pharma-friendly mass media.
CORRUPTION
The Data Demon
The spy center that Inglis inaugurated is a sprawling 20-building complex officially known as the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. Code-named “Bumblehive,” the facility opened in 2014 and is popularly referred to as the Utah Data Center.
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Going After Whistleblowers
Thomas Drake served in the Air Force for 10 years and had been a software systems specialist before he started performing contract work for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.
