Author
Billie Nabeel Tabassum
Founder, Whistleaks
Billie Nabeel Tabassum is the founder of Whistleaks, a research initiative exploring how ethical AI can help journalists and human rights organisations find evidence of abuse hidden in leaked data, without putting people at legal or personal risk.
A founder and storyteller, Billie blends a passion for data science and sociology with building AI tools where technology, human rights and media meet. He is also the founder of Locals Talk, a marketing and AI consultancy, and mentors startups.
From 2021 to 2026 he volunteered as an open source investigator with Amnesty International’s Digital Verification Corps through the University of Essex Digital Verification Unit, contributing to research on Mozambique, Iran, Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
