@mayintoronto

I hate to be "That Guy" but I would remind everyone that these are allegations in the form of a statement of claim, not a finding of fact in a court of law.

As far as I'm aware we do have a presumption of innocence in Canada.

Obviously the allegation is disturbing, but I will withhold my condemnation and won't be moving instances until such time as a finding of fact is made (or at least until we see some evidence to back up the claims).

As for "he's hosting it at home" as some kind of evidence of malice, there was a deliberate and public effort to get mstdn.ca off of "the cloud" and onto Canadian sovereign servers, so I feel like this is slandering someone with their good intentions.

I note, this is not a defence of his alleged actions, merely a reminder of our professed values.

@evdelen @mayintoronto Agreed. This is concerning, but allegations are just allegations.

This is a bit of a shock none the less though, and does give me concern about my data hosted on the servers though. 😬

Sometimes being "that guy" is not fun to be, I've done that a few times on here and been blocked for it, oh well! 🙃

@javensbukan @mayintoronto

Completely agree.

I'm hopeful this is a misunderstanding, or a mistake, not a malice driven endeavour.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the matter!

@evdelen @mayintoronto Yeah. It will be interesting to see the details of this case once it comes to light.

I do not understand why an organization would try to reputationally destroy Chad like this though - what's the motive? 🤨

@javensbukan @evdelen idk, it's being reported through the CBC. In previous years, I'd say that CBC did their research, but it's so hard to trust them anymore.

I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt, but allegations like that? I'd be inclined to leave.

@mayintoronto @javensbukan

It's on the CBC News site, yes, but it's a Court Docket Reporting piece, not a piece of investigative journalism.

A CBC reporter who's on the courts beat noticed an interesting case on the docket and reported it to the public.

Besides attempting to contact involved parties, and a successful contact of an unaffiliated third-party with broad level familiarity into the issue of Neighbourhood Leagues (Cllr. Tang), the author doesn't investigate the allegations or add any details, just "this group accuses that person of something".

In the days of old, this would have been called a Beat Article, their purpose is to keep the public informed about the goings on within certain institutions, like the Courts, rather than, say, a breaking news investigative article.