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FCC net neutrality process ‘corrupted’ by fake comments and vanishing consumer complaints, officials

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FCC net neutrality process ‘corrupted’ by fake comments and vanishing consumer complaints, officials say

As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to dismantle its net neutrality rules for Internet providers, a mounting backlash from agency critics is zeroing in on what they say are thousands of fake or automated comments submitted to the FCC that unfairly skewed the policymaking process.

Allegations about anomalies in the record are quickly becoming a central component of a campaign by online activists and some government officials to discredit the FCC's plan.

“The process the FCC has employed,” wrote New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman this week in a letter to the FCC, “… has been corrupted by the fraudulent use of Americans’ identities.”
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If a person does take a few minutes to read the linked article, they will find that bots appear to be working for both sides in this controversy
Brian Hart, an FCC spokesman, said the agency lacks the resources to investigate every comment. Supporters of the net neutrality rules are not blameless either, he added, pointing to 7.5 million comments filed in favor of the regulations that appeared to come from 45,000 distinct email addresses, "all generated by a single fake e-mail generator website." Some 400,000 comments backing the rules, he said, appeared to originate from an email address based in Russia.
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Analysis of the comments by a data specialist, Jeff Kao, found that "some of the public comments bear a striking resemblance to industry talking points."
 
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