The FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on killing Net Neutrality was flooded by anti-neutrality bots who submitted millions of comments under the names of fake people, dead people, and living people who supported Net Neutrality. The New York Attorney General has opened an investigation into this sabotage of the lawmaking process, but the FCC is obstructing justice, refusing to comply with requests that would help the AG get to the bottom of things.
According to Schneiderman, his office made nine attempts over a period of five months to obtain server logs, API key details, or other information that could aid his office's investigation into the identity theft. But in a public letter to FCC boss Ajit Pai, Schneiderman noted that the agency simply refused to aid the investigation in any capacity whatsoever.
"We all have a powerful reason to hold accountable those who would steal Americans' identities and assault the public's right to be heard in government rulemaking," argued Schneiderman. "If law enforcement can't investigate and (where appropriate) prosecute when it happens on this scale, the door is open for it to happen again and again."
Last week, the FCC doubled down on its refusal to cooperate in a more formal response to the AG.
The FCC Is Blocking a Law Enforcement Investigation Into Net Neutrality Comment Fraud [Karl Bode/Motherboard]
