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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:33 PM

still_one (76,340 posts)

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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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:42 PM

oasis (46,656 posts)

1. Slimy rats. nt

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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 10:44 PM

Puzzledtraveller (5,937 posts)

2. Don't underestimate the power

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

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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:12 PM

procon (15,720 posts)

3. The Ministry of Propaganda is well funded and staffed. One of the few

agencies in the Trump administration that is working as intended.

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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:32 PM

sheshe2 (69,943 posts)

4. Fuggers!

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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:33 PM

steve2470 (36,876 posts)

5. kick and rec! nt

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Fri Nov 24, 2017, 11:35 PM

gristy (10,438 posts)

6. excellent analysis

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 12:56 AM

Puzzler (2,505 posts)

7. Quelle surprise ...

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

K&R!!!

-Puzzler

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 12:57 AM

C Moon (9,165 posts)

8. That would mean Putin is behind this. We should be EXTREMELY concerned.

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 02:26 AM

dalton99a (58,275 posts)

12. Yep.

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 03:25 AM

Sen. Walter Sobchak (8,692 posts)

15. Putin... as opposed to say Comcast?

Nope, must be Putin.

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 01:05 AM

SCVDem (5,103 posts)

9. Surprised? You won't be!

Anyone still remember SOAP?

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

I can't wait until the next episode!

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 01:10 AM

Johnny2X2X (9,660 posts)

10. Propaganda

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.

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 01:14 AM

Amimnoch (4,558 posts)

11. We need Secretary Clinton to publicly support repeal.

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.

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 02:43 AM

Liberal In Texas (10,444 posts)

13. We are at war.

A cyber war for sure, but a war.

And somebody in who we pay our taxes to better stop it.

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Sat Nov 25, 2017, 03:21 AM

Sen. Walter Sobchak (8,692 posts)

14. I used to have to wade through this garbage full time

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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