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Re:Big telecom used fake and dead people to fight net neutra... by harles on Thursday April 25, 2024 @03:04PM (#40161674)
Title could use a 2021 in it to frame it as being separate from the current restoration of net neutrality.

It’s really unfortunate that, as far as I can see, there were zero consequences for this behavior. Maybe it’s lack of evidence tying it to the companies, but there didn’t seem to be serious attempts to investigate or curtail future behavior.

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Re:Big telecom used fake and dead people to fight net neutra... by janalsncm on Thursday April 25, 2024 @03:32PM (#40161984)
The consequence was a $4.4 million fine. Definitely not a deterrent in my opinion given the potential upside.
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Re:Big telecom used fake and dead people to fight net neutra... by inkcapmushroom on Thursday April 25, 2024 @04:39PM (#40162711)
It was a $4.4 million fine to the companies who did the astroturfing. But they were just the hired hands, the ones who hired them to astroturf were never penalized.
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Re:Big telecom used fake and dead people to fight net neutra... by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @05:10PM (#40163056)
Limited liability for the win!
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Re:Big telecom used fake and dead people to fight net neutra... by fennecbutt on Friday April 26, 2024 @07:14PM (#40175365)
Crazy how we all never really do anything about this.

The wealthy and powerful certainly do have us all thoroughly distracted with our race/sexuality/immigration/etc wars don't they.

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