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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 Commission’s contentious 2017 repeal undid Obama-era rules that the broadband industry had sued to stop. (Source: AP Photo/Kathy Willens...

Nearly 18 Million Comments Urging Net Neutrality Repeal Were Fake, Report Says On 5/6/21 at 1:02 PM EDT 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...

The FCC Received 22 Million Comments on the Year of Vote to Repeal Net Neutrality. Nearly 18 Million Were Fake, Says New York’s Attorney General. Adam Klasfeld © Provided by Law & Crime New York Attorney General Letitia James On the year former President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality, the regulator was inundated with more than 22 million comments. Nearly 18 million of them were fake, and some 40 percent of those came from an influence campaign by the broadband industry, New York Attorney General Letitia James found in a 39-pag...

Campaign funded by broadband industry submitted millions of fake consumer comments supporting repeal of net neutrality, report says Published May 6 Share on Facebook 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...

Featured Video Hide New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report by her office on Thursday that found “widespread fraud, as well as abusive practices used to sway government policy—using masses of comments and messages to create the false impression of popular support,” for the FCC’s net neutrality repeal. Advertisement Hide In 2017, ahead of the FCC’s vote, it was found that millions of fraudulent comments were filed supporting the repeal. In fact, one study found that 99 percent of comments from actual people were against the F...