[2] In 2017, John N. Tye and attorney Mark S. Zaid formed the nonprofit law office Whistleblower Aid.
[3] Initially focused on employees and contractors of the U.S. federal government, Whistleblower Aid emphasizes it is not WikiLeaks.
Instead, would-be whistleblowers with classified information will be directed to investigators with security clearances to help expose wrongdoing without breaking the law or incurring criminal liability.
[2] In December 2021 and February 2022, Whistleblower Aid filed complaints on behalf of Facebook contractor Joohn Choe.
The complaints allege that Facebook parent company Meta willfully violated United States government sanctions on pro-Russian rebels, allowing them to spread propaganda on the platform.