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Tech your username 1 day ago On Thursday, New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James announced that her office has released a report detailing her office’s investigation into fake public comments submitted for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 proceeding to repeal net neutrality rules, and securing $4.4 million in penalties and disgorgement from the violators. According to the investigation, there was “widespread fraud” and “abusive practices used to sway government policy – using masses of comments and messages to create the false impression of popular support....

Print 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 comments — more than 22 milli...

One 19-year-old in California submitted more than 7.7 million pro-net neutrality comments. The attorney general’s office did not identify the origins of another “distinct group” of more than 1.6 million pro-net neutrality comments, many of which used mailing addresses outside the U.S. A 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. The goal of the broadband industry campaign, according to internal documents the attorney general’s office receiv...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT 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 neutral...

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 fast...