FCC won’t delay vote, says net neutrality supporters are “desperate”

Re:FCC won’t delay vote, says net neutrality supporters are ... by revmoo on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:02AM (#15852530)

> comments being written by russian bots .

Let's tone down the McCarthyism a bit shall we?

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Re:FCC won’t delay vote, says net neutrality supporters are ... by Tushon on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:18AM (#15852676)

I guess it is still an assumption when they use Russian emails, submit through API, and are so formulaic as to be near identical ... but maybe it was legit. Sure.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/fake-view...

https://www.wired.com/story/bots-broke-fcc-public-comment-sy...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/24...

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Re:FCC won’t delay vote, says net neutrality supporters are ... by bo1024 on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:21AM (#15852701)

You probably didn't realize but the post is (I think) referring to comments on the FCC website, where several investigations have shown beyond all doubt that many "repeal NN" comments came from automated bots (though whether Russian in origin is not known).

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Re:FCC won’t delay vote, says net neutrality supporters are ... by rexpop on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:16AM (#15852656)

I thought McCarthyism was the practice of blacklisting sociopolitical opponents w/ unfalsifiable claims of their allegiance to a foreign power.

Ok, you're suggesting the bot-comments were just domestic.

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Re:FCC won’t delay vote, says net neutrality supporters are ... by matthberg on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @11:19AM (#15852681)

It's true and documented, though: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/fake-view...

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