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FCC Chairman Admits Russia Meddled In Net Neutrality Debate (engadget.com)
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has admitted that around 500,000 comments submitted during the net neutrality public comment period were linked to Russia email addresses. "Pai noted in a court filing that most of the comments were in favor of net neutrality, which the FCC repealed last December," reports Engadget. From the report:
The New York Times and BuzzFeed News have filed freedom of information requests in the hopes of uncovering the extent of fraudulent comments and Russian influence in the net neutrality process. Pai's filing was part of an FCC memorandum that addressed the requests, and the agency has argued that releasing the data could expose the U.S. to cyberattacks.
Pai's concession underscores how Russia's influence on U.S. democracy extends beyond headline-grabbing election interference and fake news peddling, and it also reflects the litany of issues the FCC faced during the net neutrality comment period. Over half of the almost 22 million comments came from phony, temporary or duplicate email addresses, according to a study, and reportedly only 17.4 percent of the comments were unique.
Pai's concession underscores how Russia's influence on U.S. democracy extends beyond headline-grabbing election interference and fake news peddling, and it also reflects the litany of issues the FCC faced during the net neutrality comment period. Over half of the almost 22 million comments came from phony, temporary or duplicate email addresses, according to a study, and reportedly only 17.4 percent of the comments were unique.
Pai noted in a court filing that most of the comments were in favor of net neutrality
Most of you here on Slashdot are supporting a side Russia is strongly supporting. Doesn't that tell you anything about how wrong it is to support Net Neutrality as the FCC had it?
Again I am all in favor of real net neutrality, of the concepts behind it - but you have all been lied to if you think the 30 page monstrosity the FCC originally had was anything like what you want. We are all better off being rid of it, being rid of something that Russia fully backed because they knew how it would screw up our internet in the long run.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
That's because you're a fucking idiot. You want all the rights and privileges of living in this country, without having any of the responsibilities. You want to empower corporations and businesses OVER the rights of the people. THAT is Mussolini's fascism.... but i guess you're too fucking stupid to understand that.
Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. See also: NAZI's