Comments on: Benefits test company threatens critics with libel action http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/ for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The Shadow State: The “dehumanising, degrading” treatment of disabled people « SLaM TWIG: Operations http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-20926 The Shadow State: The “dehumanising, degrading” treatment of disabled people « SLaM TWIG: Operations Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:29:44 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-20926 [...] agreements and despite being in receipt of public money, it has not been scared to use legal threats to defend itself. On top of this, some of the doctors who work for Atos Healthcare are made to sign the Official [...]

]]> By: The rise of the shadow state: the truth about outsourcing - Replacement Taxi Hire http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-18375 The rise of the shadow state: the truth about outsourcing - Replacement Taxi Hire Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:09:26 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-18375 [...] within large providers.” On top of this, the service giants regularly make use of Britain’s defamation laws – which like the bidding process, favour those with the most money behind them – [...]

]]> By: Corporations don’t have feelings, so why should they be able to sue for libel? | Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-15730 Corporations don’t have feelings, so why should they be able to sue for libel? | Index on Censorship Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:03:24 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-15730 [...] testing of whether disability claimants are fit for work. In August last year, their lawyers sent a legal threat to myfreeforum.org which hosts the site. Myfreeforum.org, fearing an expensive libel action, pulled the plug. The [...]

]]> By: Paralympic Sponsor Atos Provokes Protests | Londonist http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-15263 Paralympic Sponsor Atos Provokes Protests | Londonist Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:04:02 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-15263 [...] as a failure of the sick. Atos themselves hit back at disability rights campaigners with a threat of legal action over online criticism and an investigation by the Observer found 12 doctors working for the company [...]

]]> By: EXCL: ATOS forces doctors to sign Secrets Act | Liberal Conspiracy http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-12672 EXCL: ATOS forces doctors to sign Secrets Act | Liberal Conspiracy Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:34 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-12672 [...] has also used legal threats to silence online criticism from disability rights [...]

]]> By: Darren Nelson http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-9589 Darren Nelson Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:21:19 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-9589 My wife won an ATOS appeal yesterday.It was a complete farce, I have to say.I pointed this out to the doctor present,and the stern looking Lord Magistrate,in attendence.Eventually they came round to my view,after first disputing with me that the ATOS medical was totally useless,when I pointed out they had made the same errors as the first assesment.They even thanked me for pointing out their mistakes.So where next for this medical and test that “fraudulent” UNUM managers are helping ATOS with.

]]> By: Confusing client ethics for PR ethics, and correlation with causality, and more brief items | blog.holmesreport.com http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-6550 Confusing client ethics for PR ethics, and correlation with causality, and more brief items | blog.holmesreport.com Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:01:49 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-6550 [...] another company—this one in the UK benefits testing business—seeks to silence its critics with a libel threat. Let’s be absolutely clear about this. If accusations like this have no substance, then companies [...]

]]> By: Human Rights for People with Disabilities – Black Triangle Campaign’s Objective | Black Triangle Campaign http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-6519 Human Rights for People with Disabilities – Black Triangle Campaign’s Objective | Black Triangle Campaign Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:43:55 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-6519 [...] http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/ [...]

]]> By: WokStation http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-6499 WokStation Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:11:58 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-6499 Just to update this story – it got even more stupid.

http://carerwatch.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/cw-dispute-with-atos/

http://carerwatch.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/latest-with-atos-2/

Apparently the post in question was not only 5months old and in a members-only forum, but contained nothing but a URL to an article ATOS considered to be defamatory. The post at CarerWatch wasn’t, itself, defamatory – just a link to the article that still exists.

]]> By: Alan Wheatley, Green Party member and successful ESA tribunal appellant http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/benefits-test-company-threatens-critics-with-libel-action/#comment-6455 Alan Wheatley, Green Party member and successful ESA tribunal appellant Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:43:14 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25932#comment-6455 At 16:38 today, CarerWatch sent out this latest update on their talks with Atos Healthcare.

Atos has/have identified the content that they objected to on the CarerWatch forum. CarerWatch reveal that that content was just a link to material that is still viewable on another website. For further details go to the CW blog.

Meanwhile, I note that the number of blog items referring to Atos’ attempt at censoring CW seem to be increasing daily. Given that Atos and UK government are in cahoots over making poor people pay for the misdeeds of others, surveillance state crackdowns on social media has potential for ‘burying bad news’.

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