The Daily Populous

A bunch of copy-pasted comments, most of them likely by automated astroturfing bots, almost all of them—curiously—against net neutrality.

Thuen was referring to a section of the Communications Act that imposes regulations designed to protect net neutrality.

Until then, it's hard to say who is behind each bot, or if the same operators are behind different, recurring comments. »

Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC.

In the BBC interview, Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont said his government would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next".

He disagreed with the European Commission's statement on Monday that events in Catalonia were an internal issue for Spain. »

A police officer takes cover behind a truck at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1 in Las Vegas.

A 29-year-old veteran used a stolen truck to drive critically injured victims to safety during what quickly became the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.

More: Las Vegas shooting: Husband and wife stay in line of fire to check pulses, help victims before paramedics arrive. »

That's the case even if your name is Equifax and you're being contracted by the IRS to "verify taxpayer identity" to combat fraud.

The $7.25 million no-bid contract to Equifax was posted the last day of the fiscal year, Saturday, on the government's Federal Business Opportunities database.

That means the IRS has determined that Equifax was the only company deemed capable of performing the contract, according to Politico. »