Saturday, November 15th, 2025, 7:01 am
Reporting on Crimes From the UK, in the UK, or About the UK
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ome years ago I reported about crimes in Microsoft [1, 2] and even crimes against women, perpetrated by Microsoft employees. Days (or about a day) later I got SLAPPed by associates of these people (who are also connected to Microsoft).
Years earlier the same happened after I had reported crimes at the EPO.
Right now I report on some more Microsoft crimes and substance abuse at the EPO. Crimes at Microsoft are routine, but some are more personal than others. Sometimes the companies can ‘personify’ matters to make the disputes seem like anything but corporate muzzling (like Philpott at EPO).
As a result, there is more heat and costs.
That does beg the question: how safe is it to be an investigative reporter in the UK?
Put another way: is it possible to really report on crime in the UK?
Or only the crimes detested by the state?
Back in 2009 we saw how the UK Ministry of Defence was classing Investigative Journalists among “Terrorists” or something to that effect.
Society where crimes cannot be reported – or cannot be safely reported on – would look something like Putin’s Moscow. We do not want that, do we?
