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Broadband industry paid for millions of anti-net neutrality comments, New York AG says Updated May 06, 2021; Posted May 06, 2021 In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York.AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File Facebook 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 barre...

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 numbe...

Damning report says broadband industry behind huge Net Neutrality astroturfing Chris Davies - May 6, 2021, 2:31pm CDT Around 1 in 5 of the 22 million comments submitted to the FTC about ending Net Neutrality were real, a multi-year investigation has concluded, intended to give the false impression that the public supported the idea. A newly-published report by the New York Attorney General’s Office blames the broadband industry for funding fake letters and impersonating real – and sometimes dead – Americans, in the hope of faking a wave of popular support. Net neutra...

AP 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 The industry had sued to stop these rules before they were repealed but lost. The proceeding generated a record-breaking number of comments — more than 22 million — an...

Article content WASHINGTON — The broadband industry in 2017 funded a campaign that generated millions of fake comments to create the impression of grassroots opposition to net neutrality rules while the U.S. Federal Communications Commission considered repealing the policy, New York state’s attorney general said on Thursday. Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, said her office reached agreements with three companies involved in the scheme – Fluent Inc, Opt-Intelligence Inc and React2Media Inc – imposing penalties of $4.4 million and requiring them to adopt comprehensive reforms...