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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...

Entered an online contest lately? Congrats! You could have unwittingly supported the repeal of net neutrality. In 2017, the Trump-era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) solicited public comments over whether it should repeal the Obama-era rule that established net neutrality (which it did in 2018). Net neutrality is the concept that internet providers have to treat all website traffic equally, and can't create "fast lanes" or "slow lanes" for different companies and customers.  New information in a report from the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has revealed how people o...

Broadband companies paid for millions of fake net neutrality comments The industry sued to stop the rules during the Obama administration but lost. By TALI ARBELAssociated Press Share 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...

TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer 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 during the Obama administration but lost. The proceeding generated a record-breaking number of com...

A new report by New York Attorney General Letitia James has revealed that the US broadband industry funded millions of fake comments – impersonating real people – to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2017, opposing net neutrality. The report, titled “Fake Comments: How U.S. Companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your Voice”, revealed that a non-profit called Broadband for America – made up of senior officials from broadband companies and trade groups – spent $4.2 million on over 8.5 million fake comments. Net neutrality is the principle that Internet servic...