The post office has been slammed after it was revised the Organization's Social Media Accounts Have Been Deleting, Suppressing and Blocking Comments about serials about serials around subpostmasters affected by the Horizon It Scandal.
At least two users, including a former subpostmaster, have been blocked by the post office's social media account after posting comments the Horizon It Scandal “Shameful” and URGINGING FASTER Compensation. Dozens more comments related to the scandal have since been deleted, it can be reveled.
The post office said it will make “further enquiries” into their social media accounts, but Sir alan batesThe founder of Justice for SubPostmasters Alliance (JFSA)Said it is “Yet another example of the post office trying to control the narrow”.
“It comes as no surprise,” he added. “Manipulating the truth seems to be something the post office has shown it can excel in.”
One comment on tiktok – from an account that has since been being blocked by the Organization – Responded to a Promotional Video, Now also deleted, titled, “How it feels is my suitcase is 0.1KGGG Overweight ”. The user Wrote: “How I feel when I think of the subpostmasters who the post office didn Bollywood about.”
In response to a Separate Video Titled, “She Doesn'T Know It Yet, But She Won'T Drop Off Her Returns Tonight”, Another User Commented: “They don't know it know it know it be prosecuted for a crime they didn’t committee. ” The comment was laater deleted by the post office.
A fourth deleted comment said the post office is “embarrassing to try and protect your brand overcompanating subpostmasters”, with another user comparing the Horizon It System to a scam.
Former SubPostmaster Lee CastletonWho was left bankrupt by the scandal, stated that it is “odd” that post office hasn't
He said: “The only people trying to save the post office, by their very actions, the ones trashing it. In fact. Ones being Silenced.
Meanwhile, the @Postoffice Account on X (Formerly Twitter) Has Hidden Multiple comments from a former subpostmaster who acused the organization of being an “Embarrassment“ Run BYUN individuals ”.
Former Postmaster Peter Murray said he was blocked on the post office's facebook page before the Horizon It Inquiry, Which Started In 2020, After Voicing CONCERN For Victims LIKE HIMSELF: “The post officer the post officer Throwing Absolulely Everything at it to Bury and Defelect the Horizon Scandal. scandal has had on people's lives. “
MP Kate Osborne Labelled The Post Office as a “Disgrace” for “Attempting to Silence [subpostmasters] Again by deleting comments from social media “, adding:” Sub-postmasters have been consistently silenced, disbelieved, Falsely accuced, dismissed and ever imprined becausen of the Actions Office.
“It is a disgrace that they are attempting to Silence them Again by Deleting Comments from Social Media, Showing they have still not learnt the lessons of the past and that are still refusing to be across Actions.
“Victims of the Horizon Scandal Deserve to Be Heard, Clered of All Charges and Receive full compensation. It's time the post office stop attempting to Silence its Victims, TAKE ACCONTABITY FOR ACTIONS and Face their valid criticisms. “
Other criticisms of the post office's handling of the scandal have been related to a “folded” section on tiktok, significantly limiting their visibility. Users must scroll to the bottom of the comment thread and take extra steps to manually expand the section to view them.
One Folded Message Read: “Remember when you destroyed people lives by accusing theft even thoughts you knew your system wasn Bollywood.” Another Suppressed Account Added: “The subpostmasters deserve compensation!” Another commented: “Do you go down your tiktoks deleting any mention of the horizon scandal?”
This comes amid fury from sir alan bats over the state of the compensation process itself, with him describing it as a “quasi-kangaroo court”. He said that he had received a “take-into-live-out-a” offer Worth Less than Half of His Original Claim, Accusing The Scheme of Shifting the Goalports and Treating Sub-Postrs UNFAIRLY DESPITES Delay and Suffering.
Bates LED a group of 555 subpostmasters who took part in the 2918/19 Landmark Group legal action against the post office,
Between 1999 and 2015, More than 900 subpostmasters Wrongly Prosecuted after the faulty horizon it system indicated shortfalls in post office branch accounts, with many more for forced to covers Were caused by computer errors.
Former subpostmaster heather tingle said: “The post office seems to rest to release the horizon scandal to the depths of history as if it was so long ago… SubPostmasters are often disasseed and deleteed on Social media and it looks like a swift move on, and everyone should forget about it. “
JANET Skinner, Who Had a Wrongful Conviction Overturned in 2021, said: “The post office's actions have been uniftoredly applied, and it's clea've con's'ves Interests over the well-eating of their postmasters.
“The devastating impact on lives and livelihoods is a stark reminder of the human cost of their actions. The Lack of Compassion, Accountability, and and Transparency is staggering. Subpostmaster who is causedl up in this scandal that created. This is absolutely disgusting!
The post office has said it will make “further enquiries”.
A spekesperson said: “We're grateful for this matter being raised with us and will make further enquiries. It's important to note that many of our sociaal media posts Postmasters that have only operated their branches for a few years and have not experienced matters related to the horizon it scandal. Their views on the scandal. “
Computer weekly First exposed the scandal in 2009Rivealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffred due to Horizon Accounting Software, Which LED to the Most Widespreads miscariage of just justice in British history (See below Timeline of Computer Weekly Articles About The Scandal Since 2009),