Sunday, 26 November 2017

NY attorney general slams FCC for 'refusal to assist' probe into fake comments about net neutrality

NY attorney general slams FCC for 'refusal to assist' probe into fake comments about net neutrality

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the Federal Communications Commission traded barbs on Wednesday over an investigation into a suspected scheme to manipulate the process through which Americans can weigh in on the FCC's move to repeal net neutrality rules. Schneiderman, in an open letter, said an enormous number of fake comments were sent to the FCC about its move to repeal net neutrality rules. Those behind the scheme may have impersonated hundreds of thousands of real Americans by appropriating their names and addresses to make submissions, he said, in a scam akin to identity theft on a "massive scale."
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/22/n-y-attorney-general-slams-the-fcc-over-net-neutrality-investigation.html?source=Snapzu

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