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still_one

(92,535 posts)
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:33 PM Nov 2017

More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked

"NY Attorney General Schneiderman estimated that hundreds of thousands of Americans’ identities were stolen and used in spam campaigns that support repealing net neutrality. My research found at least 1.3 million fake pro-repeal comments, with suspicions about many more. In fact, the sum of fake pro-repeal comments in the proceeding may number in the millions. In this post, I will point out one particularly egregious spambot submission, make the case that there are likely many more pro-repeal spambots yet to be confirmed, and estimate the public position on net neutrality in the “organic” public submissions.¹


https://hackernoon.com/more-than-a-million-pro-repeal-net-neutrality-comments-were-likely-faked-e9f0e3ed36a6

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More than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments were Likely Faked (Original Post) still_one Nov 2017 OP
Slimy rats. nt oasis Nov 2017 #1
Don't underestimate the power Puzzledtraveller Nov 2017 #2
The Ministry of Propaganda is well funded and staffed. One of the few procon Nov 2017 #3
Fuggers! sheshe2 Nov 2017 #4
kick and rec! nt steve2470 Nov 2017 #5
excellent analysis gristy Nov 2017 #6
Quelle surprise ... Puzzler Nov 2017 #7
That would mean Putin is behind this. We should be EXTREMELY concerned. C Moon Nov 2017 #8
Yep. dalton99a Nov 2017 #12
Putin... as opposed to say Comcast? Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2017 #15
Surprised? You won't be! SCVDem Nov 2017 #9
Propaganda Johnny2X2X Nov 2017 #10
We need Secretary Clinton to publicly support repeal. Amimnoch Nov 2017 #11
We are at war. Liberal In Texas Nov 2017 #13
I used to have to wade through this garbage full time Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2017 #14

Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)
2. Don't underestimate the power
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:44 PM
Nov 2017

of linking to right wing sites, it's how Drudge can tilt entire polls to the right.

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. The Ministry of Propaganda is well funded and staffed. One of the few
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 12:12 AM
Nov 2017

agencies in the Trump administration that is working as intended.

Puzzler

(2,505 posts)
7. Quelle surprise ...
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 01:56 AM
Nov 2017

... regardless, thank you for posting this. I’ll spread the info.

K&R!!!




-Puzzler

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
9. Surprised? You won't be!
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 02:05 AM
Nov 2017

Anyone still remember SOAP?

This is the strangest shit since the Tates and the Campbells!

I can't wait until the next episode!

Johnny2X2X

(19,311 posts)
10. Propaganda
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 02:10 AM
Nov 2017

They are using propaganda in new ways to pass their legislation. We are down the rabbit hole people. It's only going to get worse. They have just begun to unleash this power on the American people.

 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
11. We need Secretary Clinton to publicly support repeal.
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 02:14 AM
Nov 2017

Throw in some reverse psy-ops against them.

Within MINUTES of Hillary speaking out in support of repealing net neutrality, the tRumpublicons will rally like nobody's business to ensure net neutrality doesn't only remain in place, but gets reinforced and protected as stringently as the 2nd amendment.

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
14. I used to have to wade through this garbage full time
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 04:21 AM
Nov 2017

I was contacting "interveners" who could barely form an intelligible sentence but were apparently deeply concerned about nuanced regulatory, development and zoning issues, they were doing it for Best Buy gift cards. How do I know that? Most of them freely volunteered that information.

The best part was the engagement experts and facilitators who insisted we take these people and their submissions seriously.

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