U.S. broadband industry accused in 'fake' net neutrality comments
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
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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.
The FCC under Democratic former President Barack Obama adopted landmark net neutrality rules in 2015 that barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes. The rules, opposed by the broadband industry, were overturned by the FCC under President Donald Trump in December 2017
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When Donald cried "fake", he meant ...
Apparently, most ''opinions'' were 'bots... on both sides. Actual opinions from actual people were a small percentage.
Another CF.
The pro-neutrality camp did express worries about possible manipulation of the opinion-gathering process...
Net Neutrality. One of the great left wing boogeymen. All that gloom and doom and then.....everything was fine.
Of course, the death threats directed at net neutrality opponents weren't fake at all.