Psst
Description
Psst is a non-partisan, non-profit public service. It helps people bring forward public interest information without having to become a full whistleblower. Individuals can deposit pieces of information, even a single document or partial account, and receive help figuring out what to do with what they know.
The organization built a tool called The Safe. It is based on the open-source Hush Line platform, using hardware-based trusted execution environments to keep depositors’ identities protected. Psst says it has worked with many people concerned about wrongdoing they witnessed at work. It aims to counter the legal threats and corporate tactics that keep such information from becoming public.
Psst operates as a virtual organization with staff in the United States and Europe. Its Legal Director is a US lawyer based in the United Kingdom. Its other co-founders and directors are based in Washington DC and New York City.
The team was founded by veterans of whistleblower support, media relations and non-profit development. It provides direct one-on-one support to whistleblowers, case management, legal and policy research, and outreach to journalists aimed at strengthening protections for whistleblowers. It also drafts educational and policy materials, including work on nondisclosure agreements and amicus briefs, and advocates to improve the legal environment for whistleblowers.
Its board and staff include lawyers and advisors with backgrounds in competition law, human rights litigation, fraud investigation and corporate whistleblowing. Among them is a whistleblower who served as a source for a major journalistic investigation into a technology company. Psst recruits volunteers for social media campaigns, security testing and software development. It periodically hires contract engineers and unpaid legal fellows to help build and staff its programs.
Latest news
Tech whistleblowers face million-dollar debts, job loss and isolation
Psst featured in the Washington Post as part of the support network for a growing group of former tech workers alleging their employers have harmed the public and compromised users’ safety.
17 Dec 2025
Nonprofit connects tech whistleblowers to improve AI oversight
Semafor highlights Psst.org 's work supporting people who work in AI to flag concerns by matching them with others who have witnessed similar problems.
26 Nov 2025
Meta Whistleblower Exposes WhatsApp Security Flaws
Psst helped the former WhatsApp head of security alert the public to security holes in the messaging app that put billions of users at risk.
17 Sep 2025
Should corporate whistleblowers get paid?
Psst board member Mary Inman speaks to Financial Times about the “perfect storm” brewing for whistleblowers in the UK, and how the US may lose whistleblowers to other jurisdictions.
25 Apr 2025
Trump is making it harder for whistleblowers. That’s a problem for corporate America.
Psst board member Mary Inman in Compliance Week , addressing the ways whistleblowing may be under threat and the problems that poses for corporate America.
25 Apr 2025
Psst helped protect John Williams as he told his story exposing the inner workings of two of America's most prominent militia groups.
10 Jan 2025
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