Vaud justice system closes blog
At the government’s urging, the Vaud judiciary ordered a website to be shut down. Anonymous employees of the cantonal IT department had harshly criticized its management. A blogger mocks the «efficiency» of the shutdown (the blog is already back online), but also strikes a conciliatory tone.
As a precautionary measure, the Vaudois judiciary has blocked a website run by state employees. In the exchange forum, anonymous authors had harshly criticized the management of the cantonal IT service DSI, as reported by SDA. State Councillor François Marthaler (Greens) was also accused of passive behavior in the blog. The government then decided to take legal action to have the website closed down. Construction Director Marthaler had in particular denounced the anonymity and defamatory nature of the comments on the blog, which concerned three people responsible for the DSI. The Parolesdecafe.net blog, which had around 20 anonymous posts on Thursday, bears witness to the displeasure at the hierarchical relationships within the DSI. The initiator speaks of a breach of trust, demotivation and general dissatisfaction. François Marthaler was shocked. His employees had the opportunity to make their voices heard and get in direct contact with him. "I have always answered the letters, unless they are anonymous."
An author of the internet forum who publishes under the name Arthur regretted on Thursday that the public had found out about the blog via the media. The forum was reserved for employees of the IT department. At the same time, however, he also mocked the overreaction of the authorities and the inefficiency of closing a blog because it would immediately go elsewhere. Ultimately, however, the writer is concerned with solving the problems raised internally, as can be read on the blog.
