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> but even with the fakes the majority of comments were in favor of keeping the Obama era net neutrality bylaws. … no? > The proceeding generated a record-bre
by deathanatos 3y ago
> but even with the fakes the majority of comments were in favor of keeping the Obama era net neutrality bylaws.
… no?
> The proceeding generated a record-breaking number of comments — more than 22 million — and nearly 18 million were fake, the attorney general’s office found.
81% of the comments were astroturf.
- courseofaction 3y agoThis should absolutely be jailable.
- retox 3y agoThis doesn't appear in the article, I'm not doubting it but where is it from?
- Jedd 3y agohttps://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-technology-business-9f10b43b6aacbc750dfc010ceaedaca7 https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-technolog...
- deathanatos 3y agohttps://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-technology-business-9f10b43b6aacbc750dfc010ceaedaca7 https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-technolog... It's the article-within-the-article, linked to at "second series of agreements secured".
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- boomboomsubban 3y agoThis is what I'm basing that off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_States#Public_commenting_period_and_analysis_of_fraudulent_activities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_S... >One of the first studies performed after the closure of the public commenting period, done on behalf of Broadband for America, which sought to repeal the Obama-era rules, found that 60% of the comments were in favor of retaining the current rules..
- footlose_3815 3y agoWow, net neutrality was killed by a conservative tobacco lobbyist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Individual_Freedom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Individual_Freedo... Bad people get away with everything...