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Also, a cursory search shows some of the fake comments were pro-NN, contrary to the narrative being pushed here. https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-of-peopl
by ikeboy 8y ago
Also, a cursory search shows some of the fake comments were pro-NN, contrary to the narrative being pushed here.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-of-people-post-comments-on-federal-regulations-many-are-fake-1513099188?mod=article_inline https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-of-people-post-comment...
>The Journal found instances of fakes that favored antiregulation stances but also comments mirroring consumer-groups’ pro-regulation talking points, posted without permission of people whose names were on them.
>One 369-word comment supporting the Obama-era net-neutrality rules was posted on the FCC website more than 300,000 times. One of those was attributed to Gloria Burney, 87, a retired speech therapist in Los Angeles. She isn’t in favor of repealing those rules, she said, “but I never wrote that.”