Gaurav Srivastava - The Businessman Brought Down By Disinformation (Pt. 1)
Gaurav Srivastava was targeted by a smear campaign accusing him of being a fraud. These accusations were a failed attempt to avert the sanctioning of his former business partner by the UK, EU, and Switzerland for illicit trading in Russian oil. As disinformation spread across news websites, Wikipedia, and social media, it then spilled over into real life with phone calls and emails targeting his friends, family, business associates, banks and parents of his children's school, causing significant damage to his reputation, disrupting his business, and casting a dark shadow over his personal life. After enduring these claims for nearly two years, Gaurav is finally breaking his silence, sharing the impact of these accusations and his ongoing battle to reclaim his reputation.
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Nathan Law - The Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Chased Into Exile
Pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Nathan Law discusses the ongoing risks he faces while in exile.
He was the youngest representative in Hong Kong's history and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018. During the Umbrella Movement in 2014, Nathan was one of the five representatives who took part in the dialogue with the government, debating political reform and upholding non-violent civic actions. Yet his seat was overturned in July 2017 following Beijing’s constitutional reinterpretation, despite international criticism. Nathan was later jailed for his participation in the Umbrella Movement. In 2020, he was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME. He has been in exile in the UK since 2020.
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How do you defend against an entire government's targeting?
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Nathan Law is one of the brave leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 “Umbrella Revolution,” who rallied tens of thousands of people in defense of democracy. But even with so many people on his side, he knows that standing up to the Chinese Communist Party means being faced with an opponent whose resources are on a massive scale.
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Jonathan Taylor - The Whistleblower Whose Life Was Crushed (Pt. 2)
British lawyer and whistleblower Jonathan Taylor exposed a $275 million bribery scheme by SBM Offshore, a multinational oil firm, only to become the target of defamation suits, SLAPP tactics, and an Interpol Red Notice. As part of the wider campaign to silence him, Taylor was arrested in Croatia and was nearly extradited to Monaco on unfounded charges. He subsequently spent years under de-facto legal siege while fighting to hold corrupt executives accountable. Now vindicated but without escaping damaging impact, Taylor recounts his harrowing journey from whistleblower to survivor, demonstrating the risk and impact of exposing corporate corruption.
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Jonathan Taylor - The Whistleblower Whose Life Was Crushed (Pt. 1)
British lawyer and whistleblower Jonathan Taylor exposed a $275 million bribery scheme by SBM Offshore, a multinational oil firm, only to become the target of defamation suits, SLAPP tactics, and an Interpol Red Notice. As part of the wider campaign to silence him, Taylor was arrested in Croatia and was nearly extradited to Monaco on unfounded charges. He subsequently spent years under de-facto legal siege while fighting to hold corrupt executives accountable. Now vindicated but without escaping damaging impact, Taylor recounts his harrowing journey from whistleblower to survivor, demonstrating the risk and impact of exposing corporate corruption.
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Editor's Note: **CORRECTION** - Jonathan has informed us that he received the email from SBM executive Sietze Hepkema before his negotiations for a greater severance package failed, not after. He assured us this does not affect our telling of the story. But we apologize for this error and any confusion it may have caused.
Targeted unravels the chilling modern phenomenon of weaponized information and institutional power, spotlighting stories of those who’ve faced coordinated smear campaigns, Interpol red notices and sanctions meant to destroy.
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