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James Loughrey - Chief Solicitor and head of ATOS's Dept. of Killa Fish |
The
shocking tactics used by ATOS Healthcare to silence their sick and disabled critics are
rapidly coming to light all over teh Intawebs.
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Another one bites the dust... |
More worryingly,
Loughrey is also with the aid of
LBi , a digital support services company, targeting internet fora and discussion boards where the sick and disabled meet online for mutual support - including the notoriously moderate and respectable
CarerWatch.
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And another... |
“On behalf of CW can I thank every1 for their support, here,DMs and via email. Off to hospital most of today so will be later b4 updating u x”
CareWatch's Francis
published their response to ATOS on their website this morning:
“CarerWatch is an internet forum for sick and disabled people and their unpaid family carers. This is a private forum and only members are allowed to make/read posts.
We understand from the organisation that hosts our forum that they received a letter from your solicitors threatening to sue us for libel. The provider immediately closed our site down.
This video was made as a tribute and thank you to the authors of
We have many members who are very fragile and the sudden disappearance of a support group has caused a lot of distress and fear. Some are ringing us in tears. We cannot get in contact with all of them though as we have lost their contact details through the closure.
All this distress could have been avoided if you had had the courtesy to contact us first and tell us what had been posted on our site that you considered libellous. Obviously if any post was possibly libellous we would have removed it and all this distress could have been avoided.
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People... and websites... |
We imagine this distress is unintended and hope you will work with us in looking at the problem and finding a solution.
Please note that this letter, and any reply received from yourselves, will be posted on our website. It is the only means left to us to reach some members and keep them updated.
It is vital we have our forum up and running again to reach those that are isolated.
On behalf of CarerWatch members”
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Call a cunt, a cunt. |
One notably effective online campaigner commented:
:( I have a huge fucking urge to troll ATOS again. We have storms tomorrow... I'm really fucking angry over this... To remove a lifeline such as the carer watch forums is sickening.... I'm on the fucking warpath now ATOS. Do you hear me?...
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This solicitor's actions seem to be at odds with the commonly accepted pre-action protocol employed in the UK. You need to get professional advice and make a complaint about his actions to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
http://www.sra.org.uk/rules/
Make a note, and we After Atos found they usually attack over the weekend making you psychologically suffer and cutting you off. dwpexamination forum went yesterday and BT server got attacked. So everyone take note and keep eyes out and keepa list of any similar things. A list of such things has to ask the question How many disabled sites and forums does Atos have legal actions against? Have to share info on this. Keep eyes peeled and on your guard and any funny things with Facebook. like posts not posting or communications and friends cut off.
UNUM ATOS are evil and deplorable companies Full Stop
*snerk* - if I could successfully do shit like that, I wouldn't be benefit scrounging scum in the first place, would I?
Thanks for the video, it's much appreciated.