Anti-net neutrality spammers are impersonating real people to flood FCC comments
May 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week, thousands posted comment on the FCC’s website in response to a proposed rollback of net neutrality internet protections, weighing in on whether and how to defend the open internet. John Oliver encouraged viewers to post to a public comment thread with support for regulation, and a massive number of people did so. But many others appeared to have a different point of view.
“The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering innovation, damaging the American economy and obstructing job creation,” reads thousands of identical comments posted this week, seemingly by different concerned individuals. The comment goes on to…
