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| 2023 |
GlobaLeaks
GlobaLeaks was internationalized in over 90 languages and implemented by thousands of projects and initiatives worldwide, including media, activists, corporations, and NGOs.
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| October 2 2023 | The New Yorker published a controversial cover titled 'Race for Office', depicting top U.S. politicians Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden running with walkers, satirizing concerns about the mental and physical states of older politicians seeking reelection. |
| 2022 | Spiderhead was released, based on George Saunders's story Escape from Spiderhead originally published in The New Yorker. |
| March 2022 | The New Yorker transitioned to publishing online crosswords every weekday, with varying difficulty levels and themed puzzles on Fridays. |
| March 2 2022 |
Suisse Secrets
Credit Suisse requested investors to destroy documents related to the securitization of yacht loans to oligarchs.
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| February 2022 |
Suisse Secrets
The European People's Party of the European Parliament proposed reviewing Swiss banking practices and money laundering status, requesting the European Commission to reclassify Switzerland as a high-risk country for financial crime in response to the Suisse Secrets leaks.
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| February 20 2022 |
Suisse Secrets
Credit Suisse officially responded to the Suisse Secrets allegations, strongly rejecting wrongdoing and claiming that 90% of the reviewed accounts were closed or in the process of closure. The bank characterized the allegations as a potential 'coup against the Swiss banking industry'.
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| 2021 |
Suisse Secrets
Credit Suisse granted $2 billion in loans to ultra-high-net-worth clients, transferring default risks to hedge funds by offering assets like jets, yachts, and real estate as security at an 11% interest rate.
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| 2021 | Release of Wes Anderson's 'The French Dispatch', an homage to The New Yorker featuring stories in the style of various magazine contributors. |
| 2021 | The New Yorker Union signs its first collective bargaining agreement. |
| July 2021 | The New Yorker introduced Name Drop, a daily online trivia game posted on weekdays. |
| June 2021 | The New Yorker began publishing new cryptic puzzles weekly. |
| 2020 |
GlobaLeaks
Transparency International began recommending GlobaLeaks as a secure, ethical, and free solution for implementing whistleblowing systems for anti-corruption purposes.
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| June 2020 | John Duda, a communications executive, became the organization's executive director. |
| 2019 |
Suisse Secrets
Credit Suisse put two private jets owned by Arkady Rotenberg and Boris Romanovich Rotenberg, valued at $25 million and $15 million respectively, up for sale.
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| 2019 | The Columbia Journalism Review highlighted The New Yorker as the publication most consistently identified with rigorous fact-checking. |
| December 2019 | The Christmas issue featured a unique crossword puzzle by Patrick Berry with cartoons used as clues. |
| December 2019 | Liz Maynes-Aminzade was named The New Yorker's first puzzles and games editor. |
| 2018 | The magazine relaunched cryptic puzzles that were previously run in the late 1990s. |
| 2018 | The magazine's editorial staff unionizes, forming The New Yorker Union. |
| 2018 |
GlobaLeaks
The Italian Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) launched a national online whistleblowing platform using GlobaLeaks and onion services to provide secure, identity-protecting reporting.
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| December 2018 | In an interview with Baltimore Magazine, Paul Jay revealed the network's annual budget of $3.3 million, sourced from viewer and foundation donations, and a for-profit segment. |
| May 2018 |
Suisse Secrets
Oleg Deripaska was required to return three private jets owned by Credit Suisse and Raiffeisen.
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| April 2018 | The New Yorker launched a weekday crossword puzzle series, publishing a new crossword every Monday. |
| 2017 |
Suisse Secrets
First wave of client defaults occurred, likely related to US sanctions against Russian oligarchs.
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| 2017 |
GlobaLeaks
Xnet launched the first public Anti-Corruption Complaint Box using GlobaLeaks and Tor at Barcelona City Hall, enabling citizens to submit secure and anonymous reports.
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| 2016 |
GlobaLeaks
MexicoLeaks was awarded the FRIDA award for revealing information of public interest in Mexico.
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| 2016 |
Lance Armstrong doping allegations
During a speech to a University of Colorado, Boulder sports governance class, Armstrong revealed that he began doping in late Spring of 1995.
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| 2015 | Release of 'Very Semi-Serious', a documentary directed by Leah Wolchok offering a behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker's cartoons. |
| 2014 |
Suisse Secrets
Credit Suisse began funding private jet purchases for high-net-worth clients.
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| 2014 | The New Yorker opens up online access to its archive and launches a paywalled subscription model for its website. |
| June 2014 | TRNN relocated to Baltimore, shifting its focus to storytelling about urban America, particularly addressing city issues like crime, education, and housing that are prevalent across the United States. |
| 2013 |
GlobaLeaks
Free Press Unlimited (FPU) created Publeaks NL, a foundation involving around 20 of the Netherlands' biggest media organizations using the GlobaLeaks platform for investigative journalism.
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| 2012 | William Shawn is portrayed in the film 'Hannah Arendt'. |
| May 2011 |
Lance Armstrong doping allegations
Tyler Hamilton told CBS News that he and Armstrong had taken EPO together during the 1999, 2000, and 2001 Tours de France.
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| 2010 | David Grann wrote an article scrutinizing art expert Peter Paul Biro's methods of identifying forgeries, which led to a defamation lawsuit that was subsequently summarily dismissed. |
| May 25 2010 |
Lance Armstrong doping allegations
The UCI disputed Landis's claims, stating that no EPO was found in samples from the 2001 Tour of Switzerland.
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