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Ever wondered before if big providers would block access to certain content on the Internet if there were no forced neutrality? Well, Comcast answered the question themselves by blocking access to a Net Neutrality meeting at Harvard. (via BoingBoing)
This is pretty unbelievable--- there was an FCC hearing about Net Neutrality in Harvard yesterday where we had a booth. Comcast was PAYING PEOPLE TO FILL UP SEATS AND CHEER FOR THEM. Tons of folks, including reporters, got turned away. For people that still have a hard time wrapping their heads around what net neutrality is, this about sums up what's happening.
Why would Comcast want to keep out reporters and students who want to cover the issue, or learn about it? Because they don't want anyone to understand the issues at hand, that Comcast stands to make a lot of money by screwing with our access to the Internet.
What's amazing is that the entire media went nuts when Hillary Clinton's supporters planted a question at a meeting, but there will be next to no outrage that Comcast is planting an entire audience to try to change American policy and screw the American public.
Of course, the media is owned by the same people as Comcast, so who should be surprised.
UPDATE: Here's more.