Broadband Companies Paid for 8.5 Million Fake Comments on Repeal of ‘Net Neutrality’: New York AG

Broadband Companies Paid for 8.5 Million Fake Comments on Repeal of ‘Net Neutrality’: New York AG
New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York, N.Y., on Aug. 6, 2020. Kathy Willens/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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The New York Attorney General’s office said in a Thursday report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality.

The report (pdf), headlined “How U.S. Companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your Voice,” concluded that nearly 18 million of the more than 22 million comments that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received during its 2017 rulemaking process were fake.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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