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Community Groups Duped into Joining Anti-Net-Neutrality Coalition

posted by n1 on Thursday June 12 2014, @02:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the bait-and-switch dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

VICE reports:

What do an environmental group in Ohio, a small military radio program, and a network of rural hospitals in Texas all have in common? They appear on a list of coalition members for a group pressuring the government to abandon net neutrality — rules to prevent broadband providers from creating internet fast and slow lanes — but claim they did not intend to sign up for any such advocacy.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by GlennC on Thursday June 12 2014, @05:01PM

    by GlennC (3656) on Thursday June 12 2014, @05:01PM (#54655)

    My guess is that they know they've been caught and don't care.

    It's not as if we can do anything about it anyway, can we?

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