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3 Cos. Will Pay $4.4M Over Cribbed Net Neutrality Comments
Law360 (May 6, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT) Three marketing companies will pay a combined total of $4.4 million to settle claims that they flooded the Federal Communications Commission s net neutrality docket with comments that used stolen identities, New York s attorney general announced Thursday.
A demonstrator holds a net neutrality sign in December 2017. New York s attorney general said Thursday that three marketing companies will pay a combined $4.4 million to settle claims they flooded the FCC s net neutrality docket with fraudulent comments. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Fluent Inc., Opt-Intelligence Inc. and React2Media Inc. collectively posted over 5 million fraudulent comments in the 2017 rulemaking that repealed Obama-era.
Broadband companies paid for millions of fake net neutrality comments to regulators, New York AG says
Updated on: May 6, 2021 / 1:24 PM / AP FCC chairman on net neutrality rollback
A campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality, according to a report released Thursday by the New York Attorney General.
The Federal Communications Commission s contentious 2017 repeal undid Obama-era rules that barred internet service providers from slowing or blocking websites and apps or charging companies more for faster speeds to consumers. The industry had sued to stop these rules before they were repealed but lost.
NY: Broadband companies paid for 8.5 million fake net neutrality comments FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York. The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a new report, Thursday, May 6, 2021, that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality. The Federal Communications Commissionâs contentious 2017 repeal undid Obama-era rules that the broadband industry had sued to stop. (Source: AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) By TALI ARBEL | May 6, 2021 at 12:29 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 3:21 PM
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Source: Bartos For U.S. Senate/Facebook
Facebook’s oversight board voted on Wednesday to uphold the platform’s ban on former President Donald Trump’s ability to post content. The decision was originally made on January 7, following the violent riots at the Capitol that occurred in protest of the results of the 2020 election.
Facebook originally did not give a firm timeline for the president’s ban, but agreed on Wednesday that it will be upheld for 6 more months before being reviewed. Republicans overwhelmingly slammed the platform’s move to suppress speech, and called for antitrust reform.
The frontrunner for the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania’s upcoming Senate race, Jeff Bartos, joined GOP lawmakers’ criticism of Facebook’s decision and warned of a “very slippery path” if this is the standard for censorship.
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