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Net Neutrality Comment Fraud Will Be Investigated By Government (arstechnica.com)
Last month, a number of US Representatives sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to investigate fraudulent comments submitted to the FCC's proposal to repeal net neutrality. Multiple groups found evidence that millions of the comments submitted during the FCC's public comment period were linked to fake email addresses, were fraudulently posted under others' names and addresses and were even attributed to people known to be dead. ArsTechnica reported on Wednesday that the GAO has agreed to investigate the issue. From the report: The GAO will do just that, having told Democrats in a letter that it will "review the extent and pervasiveness of fraud and the misuse of American identities during federal rulemaking processes." The investigation was requested by nine Democrats led by Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). GAO investigations do not happen quickly. "At the current time we anticipate that staff with the required skills will be available to initiate an engagement in about five months," the office said.
>> linked to fake...addresses, were...under others' names and addresses and were even attributed to people known to be dead
Wow, sounds horrible - almost as bad as typical vote fraud!
I never knew my grandpa was against net neutrality, I will now stop visiting his grave.
Wow talk about calling the kettle black. The US government wants to look at the FCC for fraudulent claims. Doesn't matter which side of the fence you stand on, you have to admit it's funny.
The FCC commissioners actually reviewed these comments... Or what's the issue? It's not like they counted "yes" and 'no" votes from the comments.
I can tell you that the FCC commissioners are not prone to paying any attention to public comments. They MAY use them to justify their perspective, in the case they actually do, but no commissioner will care if they don't. Nobody is out counting comments to determine what way to vote. They have pollsters and their political appointers to determine how they vote, the comments are meaningless for this.
So it doesn't matter where the public comments came from, not one bit.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
Being dead is no barrier to voting!
as the saying goes "Who watches the watchers" while nonpartisan the GSO only makes a report - and I think we all know what is going on here and it is exactly what congress (or their benefactors) want. I am doubtful anything will come of this - still a shame that the process can be hijacked and then dismissed so easily.
Close, but you still fell for the lie.
The FCC commissioner is required to respond to each unique issue raised in the comments. However many fake comments is absolutely irrelevant, because they are identical and therefore only get one response.
My bet is this is a false flag operation by some snarky slashtard, ignorantly designed with the intent of trying to break the process, and failing catastrophically.
"The problem with comments on the Internet is that it is hard to verify their authenticity. Also, I am against Net Neutrality."
~ Abraham Lincoln
Which has nothing to do with what the original question was. Which was about the DNC primary.
You forgot to log in to your account to post, but I can understand why. Having a username like "imacomcastshill" would distract from the point you were trying to make.
Troll bot could use some grammar lessons.
If having an affair was illegal, I think Bill might be worried more than anybody else.
Agreed. Bill Clinton & Donald Trump are both pigs, but cheating on your life isn't illegal. Lying about cheating is a bigger deal than cheating; it opens you up to blackmail.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
Do you really think that all the data will still be there when they come to audit it ? They'll be sure to have an upgrade and lost their backups before then.
You live and learn, or you don't learn much.
Who said FusionGPS paid the Russian government for info? Sure, Fusion was payed - but if you believe their testimony (and they're certainly a lot more believable than, say, Donald Trump Jr.), they did their research on the up and up - i.e. broke no laws, and did essentially what good OR people do.
Nobody paid Fusion as an intermediary to funnel money to Russia. Fusion started looking at Russian connections and kept finding stuff. And what they found was disturbing enough that they went to the FBI with it. Hardly what you do if you were hired to secretly break the law and 'funnel money to a foreign government'.
Posted from my Android phone. Oh, I can change this? There, that's better...
I'm sure this will all be put to rest post-haste.
Nice post with no facts or sources.