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'Linux Jobs in the UK' Mailing List Censors Message Cautioning About Fraud in Company That Advertises Job (Sirius 'Open Source')



Did Sirius pressure the administrator to start censoring (gagging) its victims?

Alexander Howells trolling



Summary: Victims of fraud committed by Sirius 'Open Source' speak out in response to a job ad (workers are fleeing in droves, creating severe vacuum) and the administrator of the list resorts to censorship

Almost 24 hours have passed and the following message was not approved by the moderator, so I'm reproducing it here:

Re: [linuxjobs] Helpdesk Operator roles at Sirius

> When I saw the praise for Sirius I did cringe to myself because I also find > them to be a scummy company. I thought I'd avoid responding, because > frankly life is too short. However, this veiled threat of libel is simply > ridiculous, so now I am going to respond. > > The reason I find them scummy is because I worked on a project with them >> 10 years ago, and they simply didn't pay me and ignored reminders to pay > the invoice. The project was ultimately cancelled as the client changed > their mind, so I guess Sirius thought they didn't need to pay me. > > It wasn't even a huge sum of money, but it was enough to totally burn their > reputation with me. So yeah, if they want to sue me for libel, bring it > the fuck on.

Hi Dave,

These tactics aren't new. Only a week after I had resigned I received a threatening and legally-invalid letter from the CEO telling me to remove any criticism of the company (published after I already resigned). http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source#Attempts_to_Censor_Facts Last month the above-mentioned CEO abruptly left the company and in recent weeks he worked hard to hide all traces of him ever working for Sirius: http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/sirius-deleted-entirely/ http://techrights.org/2023/03/21/sirius-open-source-purged/ Today: http://techrights.org/2023/04/12/sirius-no-more/ It is imperative that people understand what Sirius really is to prevent this mailing list being leveraged to groom future victims.

Kind regards,

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