It is revealed that major ISPs have created more than 18 million counterfeit comments to remove net neutrality regulations



In the United States, in 2015, under the Obama administration,

the rule 'Network Neutrality (Net Neutrality) ' was enacted to prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) from treating specific content in an advantageous or disadvantageous manner. However, the regulation on net neutrality was lifted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2017, just two years after its enactment. Attorney General's office, led by Attorney General Letitia James of New York, has created more than 18 million counterfeit public comments by industry groups attended by major ISPs in this effort to eliminate net neutrality. It was revealed by a survey of the place.

oag-fakecommentsreport.pdf
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/oag-fakecommentsreport.pdf



Attorney General James Issues Report Detailing Millions of Fake Comments, Revealing Secret Campaign to Influence FCC's 2017 Repeal of Net Neutrality Rules | New York State Attorney General
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2021/attorney-general-james-issues-report-detailing-millions-fake-comments-revealing

Net neutrality is a rule that prohibits ISPs from treating specific content in an advantageous or disadvantageous manner in order to handle content on the Internet fairly, and was enacted under the Obama administration in 2015. According to this rule, the ISP operator said, 'Assign high-speed communication to services that are advantageous to your company and slow down the communication speed of rival services' and 'Provide high-speed communication only to users who have paid a surcharge.' It was expected to prevent discrimination.

What is the problem with the 'open Internet' in the United States, which is shaken by the abolition of 'net neutrality' regulations? --GIGAZINE



However, in 2017, just two years after the enactment of the net neutrality regulation, the FCC said, 'The net neutrality regulation is increasing the infrastructure development and maintenance costs of ISPs.' As a result, communication quality will deteriorate and there is a risk that the information gap will widen in the future. ”We have abolished the net neutrality regulation.

In response to this abolition, the

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) pointed out that 'the claim that ISP operators' infrastructure development and maintenance costs are increasing is not true,' and said that the abolition of net neutrality regulations is unreasonable. Condemn the judgment of. Other major controversies arose, with Mozilla challenging the FCC's decision in federal court in Washington, DC, and the Internet Association, a lobbying group with major tech companies, suing the FCC.

'Excessive burden on ISPs' cited as the reason for the abolition of 'net neutrality' regulations is a bright red lie and the Electronic Frontier Foundation criticizes the exclusive ISPs --GIGAZINE



The Attorney General's office has been conducting years of research on companies that have influenced the FCC's removal of net neutrality regulations. As a result, Broadband for America (BFA), an industry group that includes major American ISPs such as AT & T and Comcast, has spent $ 8.2 million on a 'secret campaign' to lift net neutrality regulations. Of that amount, $ 4.2 million was found to have been used to create counterfeit public comments and counterfeit letters.




A study by the Attorney General's office also revealed that 18 million were counterfeit public comments made by the BFA after the FCC received 22 million public comments on net neutrality regulations in 2017. I did. In addition, it has been found that as many as 500,000 fake letters have been sent to Congress in support of the removal of net neutrality regulations.




According to a report from the Attorney General's office, BFA has asked marketing companies to make fake public comments. Marketing companies use a large number of methods such as 'get permission from users to use names and addresses in exchange for small incentives and product discounts' and 'randomly change public comments using software.' Created a counterfeit public comment.



James said $ 4.4 million (about 480 million) for three of the leading marketing companies involved in making fake public comments: Fluent, Opt-Intelligence, and React2Media. I'm asking for a fine (yen) and payment of fraudulently earned profits.


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