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Read the alleged response by Tao Li to the original accusations against him: https://medium.com/@huixiangvoice/help-dr-tao-li-is-threatening-insiders-on-behalf-
by jasonhansel 6y ago
Read the alleged response by Tao Li to the original accusations against him: https://medium.com/@huixiangvoice/help-dr-tao-li-is-threatening-insiders-on-behalf-of-university-of-florida-3fa1cb16de68 https://medium.com/@huixiangvoice/help-dr-tao-li-is-threaten...
This is a really shocking threat: he's saying that his school (the University of Florida) will take legal action against people making good-faith allegations of academic misconduct against him, because they have unspecified "ulterior motives."
How is this attempt to silence people an appropriate response to the death of one of his own postdocs? At the very least, the University needs to say whether it finds these threats acceptable and whether it is actually considering legal action.
- angry_octet 6y agoThat is completely believable actually. Legal threats are very effective at silencing whistle blower reports. The response in these cases is that the faculty (head of the research group and the Dean) suffer reputational damage equivalent to the misconduct penalty of the offender. That is, exclusion from research (including supervision, presenting at conferences), retraction of their publications, demotion or termination. Without this, the old boys network will have its way.
- wegs 6y agoI can say, from first-hand knowledge, that this is not uncommon. MIT will do this and more against whistleblowers. Most people back down very fast.