South Korea’s latest sex crime scandal is a blackmail ring streaming abuse on Telegram

Korean police have identified dozens of victims, including minors, linked to pay-to-view chat rooms operated on chat app Telegram, which distributed videos of middle school girls performing grotesque sexual acts and self harm. The videos were often posted with the girls’ names and addresses. According to one newspaper report, one user even live-streamed himself raping a girl after luring her to a motel room.

https://qz.com/1824130/korea-shocked-by-telegram-chat-room-sexual-abuse-scandal/

The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General ignored whistleblower complaints about office dysfunction and removed a deputy for trying to advance them, the deputy claims.

Former IG Acting Director Jennifer Costello was placed on administrative leave last month for “ethical violations,” but alleges the move was in retaliation for passing whistleblower complaints about the IG office on to Congress, according to a report by the Washington Post. Whistleblowers complained about absent leadership, low morale, and political interference, including suppression of a report about immigrant detention centers, according to her attorney.

https://www.whistleblowersblog.org/2020/03/articles/government-whistleblowers/dhs-ig-reportedly-ignored-whistleblower-complaints-about-office-dysfunction/