Lily Madigan Blocklist

[SirVixofVixHall]

So I am on this published blocklist. In good company with Julie Bindell et al, but still, I'm so angry. I've never tweeted Lily, so it is a mystery. I follow women's place and a lot of Rad fems, so it must be that? Anyone else on it? What should we do? I am totally shocked that this can be sanctioned by the party. That's my vote lost forever. Hell will freeze over before I vote Labour again.

Cnsequences

Is anyone able to report that?

Thanks I’ve had s look at her page and I don’t think she lives in the UK, so I presume no point in alerting the police?

I’ve reported it.

It looks like she's Brazilian and I imagine very young going by the tweets.

Well going head on with JKR is an interesting development...

Thanks to everyone who reported the murder threat - I think the comment above is pretty dubious too. Sorry if I put it in the wrong place but I only had about 2 mins to capture it and put is somewhere safe.

OK I have emailed Rochester and Strood Labour, using advice from both threads.

Dear Sir,

you may or may not be aware that your women's officer has published a list of 2000+ people she claims make 'twittter unsafe for trans people'.

The list includes people who have never tweeted Madigan, or have only replied to a tweet.

Publishing such a list is likely to be libel and because of the seriousness of the defamation, would probably satisfy the 'serious harm' threshold. See Court of Appeal judgment in Lachaux in September 2017 which clarified the law in this regard.

Damage to reputation can include false allegations which cause others to shun or avoid the named person - this would include blocking on Twitter.

It is not be a defence to say no harm was caused because it was limited to the Twitter website and no harm was suffered in 'real life'. The libel on Twitter can be judged by the harm to reputation in the context of the Twitter universe..

Although individuals are allowed by the DPA to process names eg in an address book, or a list of people to send thank you cards, the use of Blocktogether.org. means it is not solely for domestic purposes and therefore Madigan is at real risk of falling within the definition of data controller under the DPA.

When the new regulations (GDPR) become law in May Madigan is obliged to write to each named person explaining what data is being processed.

I have already tweeted a subject access request to Madigan but as I am blocked by the account it may not be received, please forward this email or furnish me with some direct contact details.

I want my name to be removed from the list and for any such future data to be collected and stored legally. I am fortunate my name is not linked to a professional profile or business but other women have had their full names published.

In addition, as someone with a number of disabilities, both physical, learning disability and mental health issues her latest tweets, using disablist language are particularly offensive. As these are protected characteristics under the Equality Act I expect

a) a public apology and

b) a retraction

c) redress in the form of a donation to a charity of my choice.

I look forward to hearing from you

Sashh

Great email Sassh

I am going to send a similar letter, I have emailed Labour complaints dept but have had no response. I am prepared to go to court if it comes to it. The possibility that people will see my name on that list and make assumptions about me, and possibly act on those assumptions, is horrifying. The level of policing of women, to get me onto that list to start with, is scary.

DH is working on a letter that can be sent directly to LM. Can share if people would like to use it?

howls

Yes please

Does anyone have an address for Madigan? I don't mean a home address but an official correspondence one.

There's a postal address for Rochester & Strood Labour Party on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RSLabour/

sassh
That letter is magnificent. Can I ask, does your Twitter handle identify your irl name

Great letter, sashh.

And yes, please, howl.

Livelong

No it doesn't, and I am fortunate in that. I am paranoid about online content. I have a Facebook page and an email account as well as twitter in the name sashh. I don't have links to phone numbers or real date of birth.

The email goes back about 20 years.

As of 2 minutes ago, Lily is also a schizophrenic.

Thanks sashh

Neither does mine. I think I shall join you in letter writing.

As an aside. It probably won’t come to it but when I was named on the LAT list I made contact with a barrister who specialises in social media cases and was quite interested in taking that further. (Life got in the way as it does). Anyway should it get to the group action stage he’s always an option.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality. Common symptoms include false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking, hearing voices that others do not, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and a lack of motivation.

Well the first 2/3 seem acurate

Thanks life good to know

On a lighter note

TheVast - interestingly, this tweet from a few months back included a list of medication LM was prescribed back during the issues at school, saying that LM was severely depressed. Someone else commented that one of the drugs was prescribed for schizophrenia and bi-polar

But yeah, trans and mental health issues have nothing at all to do with each other, never ever, and it's A-OK to self-diagnose and self-medicate