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For further context, this is the message that she's accused of sending: > It's time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead. You know this is wrong.
by jcheng 6y ago
For further context, this is the message that she's accused of sending:
> It's time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead. You know this is wrong. You don't have to be a part of this. Be a hero. Speak out before it's too late.
That's literally it. When I hear "disgruntled former employee" I think of phishing for credentials or threatening former coworkers, in this case the terms "whistleblower" and "civil disobedience" seem more appropriate.
- ogre_codes 6y agoI'm not sold that what she did was a terrible crime. I do think it was foolish and likely pointless, but not something which merits police pointing guns at her kids and going to prison.
- wil421 6y agoA disgruntled former employee allegedly accessed the former employers system to send an unauthorized emergency message. That’s illegal and it doesn’t matter if it’s the Florida Department of Health, Google, or McDonalds. Creating your own dashboard and fighting your former employer’s data is much more like whistleblowing or fighting the system. Hopefully these are just allegations and she can get good lawyers.
- jcheng 6y agoWhistleblowing is often illegal. Civil disobedience is, by definition, illegal. Actions can be both illegal and morally/ethically admirable--hopefully we can all agree on that.
- wil421 6y agoIt’s not often illegal for public employees. Most of the time there are specific Whitleblower statues. She falls into the one for Florida. Prong 1: Any violation or suspected violation of any federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation committed by an employee or agent of an agency or independent contractor which creates and present a substantial and specific danger to the public’s health, safety, or welfare; and/or Prong 2: Any act or suspected act of gross mismanagement, malfeasance, misfeasance, gross waste of public funds, suspected or actual Medicaid fraud or abuse, or gross neglect of duty committed by an employee or agent of an agency or independent contractor. https://www.floridalaborlawyer.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-whistleblower-against-a-public-employer-in-florida/ https://www.floridalaborlawyer.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a...