Some mysterious bots seem to have taken a keen interest in telecommunications policy.
Automated programs are thought to be responsible for more than 100,000 identical comments recently posted to the Federal Communications Commission's website.
The messages, each posted under a different name, urge the agency to roll back the Obama Administration's rules for protecting net neutrality.
Yet when ZDNet and The Verge contacted more than two dozen of the supposed concerned citizens, none of them were aware of the opinions expressed in their name. One didn't even know what net neutrality was. Read more...
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