Alleged harassment and bullying at Linus Tech Tips 'not substantiated' and 'false' according to third-party investigation organised by tech channel

Linus Tech Tips has published a brief summary of a third-party investigation into allegations against the hardware review channel. The investigation—organised by the channel's owner, Linus Media Group—found no evidence of wrongdoing at the company.

Linus Tech Tips found itself embroiled in controversy in August of last year. What started as a criticism of its review process and an apology video quickly spiralled into allegations from a former employee of harrassment and inappropriate workplace behaviour. 

We received a statement from LMG CEO Terren Tong that same month confirming that the company would be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations, along with a stated commitment to publish the findings.

The channel has now tweeted a summary of the conclusions of the third party investigation into the claims.

Roper Greyel—the Vancouver-based legal firm specialising in labor and employment law—found the claims of bullying and harassment were unsubstantiated, and that allegations of a failure to address sexual harassment claims were false.

There were a series of accusations about our company last August from a former employee. Immediately following these accusations, LMG hired Roper Greyell — a large Vancouver-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law, to conduct a third-party investigation. Their…May 22, 2024

The tweet goes on to say that «any concerns that were raised were investigated. Furthermore…the investigator is confident that if any other concerns had been raised, we would have investigated them».

In response to allegations of abuse of power and retaliatory behaviour, Linus Tech Tips said:

«The individual involved may not have agreed with our decisions or performance feedback, but our actions were for legitimate work-related purposes, and our business reasons were valid.

»In summary, as confirmed by the investigation, the allegations made against the team were largely unfounded, misleading, and unfair."

The investigator shared a