By law, when a federal agency like the FCC proposes to change a rule
such as net neutrality, it’s supposed to call for public comment.
But apparently hundreds of thousands if not millions of comments
seemingly urging repeal of the FCC’s net neutrality rule have been
faked. Just days after the public comment process opened, reporters
began noticing identical comments critical of the Obama-era rule, and
many so-called “signers” say they never sent in comments.In an open letter
to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
charges that the FCC’s public comment process “has been corrupted by the
fraudulent use of Americans’ identities,” and that the “perpetrators
have attempted to drown out the views of the real people, businesses,
and others who honestly commented on this important issue.”
Yet the FCC has declined to cooperate with Schneiderman’s
investigation, rebuffing requests for logs and other records associated
with the comments. Schneiderman says he has made at least 9 requests for
records from the FCC between June and November that have gone
unanswered.Once again, the integrity of the nation’s democratic
process is being threatened. And once again, it’s the Trump
administration that appears to be responsible – and refusing to
investigate.(from Robert Reich via facebook)
Investigation of fake net neutrality foes has been stymied by the FCC, New York attorney general says
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