Difference between revisions of "Hands Off the Internet"
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| − | Hands Off the Internet is an Astroturf group set up by telecom interests led by AT&T. Its purports to be "a nationwide coalition of Internet users"[http://www.handsofftheinternet.com/hoti_docs/aboutus/] who oppose | + | Hands Off the Internet is an Astroturf group set up by telecom interests led by AT&T. Its purports to be "a nationwide coalition of Internet users"[http://www.handsofftheinternet.com/hoti_docs/aboutus/] who oppose network neutrality. |
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*[[National Coalition on Black Civic Participation]] | *[[National Coalition on Black Civic Participation]] | ||
*[[Prysmian Communications]] | *[[Prysmian Communications]] | ||
| − | [http://www.handsofftheinternet.com/hoti_docs/aboutus/members.shtml | + | Note that several of the organizations in the list are themselves Astroturf organizations.{{ref|1}} |
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| + | == Notes == | ||
| + | #{{note|1}} Hands Off The Internet website[http://www.handsofftheinternet.com/hoti_docs/aboutus/members.shtml About Us, Our Members] | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 4 June 2007
Hands Off the Internet is an Astroturf group set up by telecom interests led by AT&T. Its purports to be "a nationwide coalition of Internet users"[1] who oppose network neutrality.
Principals
Member Organizations
- Alcatel
- The America Channel
- American Conservative Union
- AT&T
- Center for Individual Freedom
- Cinergy Communications
- Citizens Against Government Waste
- Cingular
- CBM of America
- DiamondWare
- Electrodata, Inc.
- FiberControl
- Frontiers of Freedom
- Independent Technologies, Inc.
- Ministerial Alliance Against the Digital Divide
- MRV Communications, Inc.
- National Black Chamber of Commerce
- National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
- Prysmian Communications
Note that several of the organizations in the list are themselves Astroturf organizations.[2]
Notes
- ^ Hands Off The Internet websiteAbout Us, Our Members
