Systematic harm. Minimal coverage.
A comprehensive investigation reveals systematic corporate misconduct across major industries that receives minimal media coverage despite causing massive public harm. Regulatory capture, media suppression through advertising leverage, and deliberate concealment.
Surveillance and manipulation.
Amazon's Union Surveillance
Operating a sophisticated surveillance network, hiring Pinkerton Detective Agency operatives to infiltrate warehouses, maintaining "heat maps" tracking organizing activity. Over 240 unfair labor practice charges filed.
Facebook's Emotional Experiment
The 2012 emotional contagion experiment manipulated 689,003 users' news feeds to test emotional responses without consent - one of the largest unauthorized psychological experiments in history.
Data Exploitation
Gravy Analytics sold location data from medical facilities and domestic violence shelters. BetterHelp shared mental health data with Facebook. Premom sold fertility tracking data. Minimal consequences.
Deadly deceptions.
J&J penalties since 2000 (81 violations)
"New" drug patents for existing meds
Baby Powder Concealment
J&J knew of asbestos contamination since the 1920s but leveraged advertising budgets to suppress media coverage by threatening ad withdrawals from investigating outlets.
Insulin Price Coordination
The "Big Three" insulin manufacturers coordinated with pharmacy benefit managers to raise prices 1,000% since the 1990s for insulin costing under $2 to produce.
Clinical Trial Fraud
A Nature investigation suggests up to 25% of trials may be problematic or entirely fabricated. FDA enforcement dropped from 100+ warning letters annually to 0 in 2024.
Food industry contamination.
Baby Food Toxins
95% of baby foods contain heavy metals including lead, arsenic, and cadmium. Despite knowing this since 2019, FDA took until 2025 to set non-binding guidance with no enforcement power.
PFAS "Forever Chemicals"
A 2024 study found 68 PFAS chemicals in global packaging, with 61 unauthorized for use. Companies have known since the 1960s that PFAS cause cancer and reproductive harm.
Nestlé's Formula Marketing
A National Bureau of Economic Research study estimates Nestlé formula marketing caused 10.87 million infant deaths between 1960-2015 in countries without clean water access.
Predatory schemes.
Wells Fargo's Systematic Fraud
$3.7 billion in penalties for creating 3.5 million unauthorized accounts, wrongful vehicle repossessions, and improper mortgage modifications leading to foreclosures. No executives faced criminal prosecution.
Student Loan Abuse
Navient affected 12 million borrowers through systematic abuse - steering to expensive forbearance, causing $4 billion in avoidable interest. Only banned from federal servicing in 2024.
LIBOR Manipulation
$350+ trillion in global markets affected with banks systematically rigging interest rates for nearly a decade. Only 16 individuals charged despite $9+ billion in fines.
Systematic patterns of corporate harm.
Regulatory Capture
FDA went from 100+ annual warning letters to zero. Louisiana environmental regulators operate a revolving door with polluters. Financial regulators routinely join banks they supervised.
Media Suppression
Companies threaten news outlets with ad withdrawal to kill investigations. Pharmaceutical companies outspend public health advocates thousands to one.
Criminal Immunity
Despite $25+ billion in J&J penalties, no executive prosecutions. Wells Fargo's massive fraud yielded no criminal charges for leadership.
Environmental Racism
Cancer Alley shows 7-50 times higher cancer risk in Black communities. Louisiana permits 7-21 times higher emissions in Black communities than white areas.
The scale of hidden harm.
Millions of preventable deaths from pharmaceutical fraud and environmental poisoning. Hundreds of billions extracted through financial manipulation. Mass psychological manipulation affecting billions globally. These represent not isolated incidents but systematic business models prioritizing profit over human life.