The FCC Received 22 Million Comments on the Year of Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality. Nearly 18 Million [View all]
Source: Law & Crime
The FCC Received 22 Million Comments on the Year of Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality. Nearly 18 Million Were Fake, Says New York’s Attorney General.
ADAM KLASFELD May 6th, 2021, 11:13 am
On the year former President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality, the regulator was inundated with more than 22 million comments. Nearly 18 million of them were fake, and some 40 percent of those came from an influence campaign linked to the broadband industry, New York Attorney General Letitia James found in a 39-page report released on Thursday.
Some 8.5 million of the fake comments used the names and personal information of real people without their knowledge or consent, she added.
Net neutrality refers to the principle that broadband providers should treat all content equally, without blocking, slowing down, or charging to boost certain content. Advocates fiercely opposed its repeal, and the attorney general said that the broadband industry secretly funded a campaign that contributed to its demise. Three of the companies described as the “lead generators” of those campaigns—Fluent, Inc., Opt Intelligence, Inc., and React2Media, Inc.—have entered into settlements with the attorney general’s office.
“The settlements require the companies to pay $3.7 million, $550,000, and $150,000 respectively, for their misconduct,” the report states. “The settlements also impose comprehensive reforms for any future campaigns to protect consumers and prevent fraudulent comments.”
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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
New York AG: Broadband Industry Behind Millions Of Fake FCC Comments In Opposition To Net Neutrality
May 6, 2021
https://www.joemygod.com/2021/05/new-york-ag-broadband-industry-behind-millions-of-fake-fcc-comments-in-opposition-to-net-neutrality/
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and Kevin M. Kruse
NY AG report finds out of the 22 m net neutrality comments the FCC received in 2017, 18 m were fake
https://www.democraticunderground.com/111690641
It's easy to spot them, though, due to the identical wording.
Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted
https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse
'The OAG found that millions of fake comments were submitted through a secret campaign, funded by the country's largest broadband co's, to manufacture support for repeal of net neutrality rules... millions more were submitted by a 19yo college student using made-up identities...'
Link to tweet
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