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The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a new report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality.
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 proceeding generated a record-breaking number of comments more than 22 million. The attorney general s report found that nearly 18 million of those were fake comments, and the broadband industry group, called Broadband for America, spent $4.2 million generating more than 8.5 million of the fake FCC comments. Half a million fake letters were also sent to Congress.
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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Nearly 18 Million Comments Urging Net Neutrality Repeal Were Fake, Report Says
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Associated Press reported.
The Federal Communications Commission s (FCC) repeal of the rules allowed internet service providers to once again slow or block websites and apps or charge companies more for faster speeds to consumers.
More than 22 million comments resulted from the repeal proceedings, 18 million of which the attorney general s office found were fabricated. Broadband for America, an industry group, spent $4.2 million generating more than half of the fake FCC comments, and a half-million fake letters were sent to Congress, according to the attorney general.
The agency is supposed to use the comments it receives, from industry and public-industry groups and the public, to shape how it makes its rules.
Campaign funded by broadband industry submitted millions of fake consumer comments supporting repeal of net neutrality, report says Published May 6
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Print article The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a new report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality. 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.