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What's the meaning of "get on the net"?

The smoke rose and began to disappear. I watched the old woman bleed on the side of the road. The dust blew in languid waves and began to swirl slightly. We heard shots again. Beyond a building a small girl with auburn curls and a tattered sundress stepped out toward the old woman. Errant bullets from other positions kicked up the dust around her in dry blooms.
We looked to Sterling. He waved us off. “Someone get on the net and tell those fuckers it’s a just a kid,” he said.
What's the meaning of "get on the net"?
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