3 Companies Settle Over Millions of Fake Comments on FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback New York State Attorney General Letitia James Kathy Willens/AP Get the need-to-know news for current and aspiring technology executives. email May 6, 2021 05:57 PM ET Broadband companies funded an effort responsible for 8.5 million fraudulent comments supporting the repeal, according to a New York attorney general report. Three companies responsible for millions of fake comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission ahead of its 2017 vote to repeal net neutrality have entered into settlements with the New York Office of Attorney General. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the settlements Thursday along with the results of a multiyear investigation and recommendations for agencies to fix the comment-making process. According to the report, nearly all of the 22 million comments regarding the net neutrality vote were fraudulent and represent coordinated attempts to sway the process government agencies use to help guide decision-making when finalizing rules and regulations.