More Net Neutrality Front Groups [1]
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton [2] on
Back in March, Common Cause [3] released "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing [4]," which detailed the activities of nine groups masquerading as think tanks [5] and public interest organizations when in fact they were front groups [6] for telephone and cable companies in the net neutrality [7] debate. Now they've added another five groups to the list: "For example, Hands off the Internet [8] sounds like activists wanting to protect the Internet. Actually, it's a telecommunications industry-backed organization that was spending $20,000 a day on television commercials aimed at eliminating long-standing net neutrality protections so that telephone and cable companies can maximize profit and minimize competition on the Internet."