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Political Operatives Faked Millions of Comments Against Net Nuetrality

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Re: Political Operatives Faked Millions of Comments Against Net Nuetrality

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This is old news, well known and literally the whole "comments" was a sham anyway.

The voting was controlled by 5 people and split on party lines 3-2 [0]. NN was never actually up for debate.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_S... - last paragraph

Re: Political Operatives Faked Millions of Comments Against Net Nuetrality

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post #3

The story is that citizen have nothing to gain from anti net neutrality laws. So basically, all comments against net neutrality are either faked or by someone who has skin in the game. People ought to go to jail for this kind of crap.

> People ought to go to jail for this kind of crap.

Yes. The inability of ordinary citizens to ensure that this occurs, is what allows corruption to flourish.

Re: Political Operatives Faked Millions of Comments Against Net Nuetrality

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post #3

The story is that citizen have nothing to gain from anti net neutrality laws. So basically, all comments against net neutrality are either faked or by someone who has skin in the game. People ought to go to jail for this kind of crap.

>The story is that citizen have nothing to gain from anti net neutrality laws.

Uh? I very much enjoy my zero-rated services.

Re: Political Operatives Faked Millions of Comments Against Net Nuetrality

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post #4

This is old news, well known and literally the whole "comments" was a sham anyway. The voting was controlled by 5 people and split on party lines 3-2 [0]. NN was never actually up for debate. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_S... - last paragraph

Wasn't aware of it though. Why can't news be slow?
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