Schedule FrOSCon 2014

Whistleblower stories are amongst the most important and exiting media events, many of them delivering cool plots for movies. But the real whistleblowers are to fast forgotten, regarding to what they did and how they payed for their courage. The Whistleblower Hall of Fame shall remind us of these people and what they idi and do for us.

The world is full of whistleblowers. When we read news, lots of them based on information leaked be internals. Most whistleblowers will stay unknown forever. But some have choosen to go into the public, sometimes it tok decades until their identity was unleashed.
There are dozens of exiting stories to tell. Almost everything evil has been more or less successfully attacked by people who put their ideals over their individual welfare.
These stories cover: Surveillance, Corruption, Murder, War Crime, Fraud. Lies, Arms Trade, Terrorism.
The lecture includes a "Whistleblower Quizduell" to entertain and inform the audience. Theire even a prices to be won...

Info

Day: 2014-08-23
Start time: 16:30
Duration: 01:00
Room: HS3
Track: Culture
Language: en

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