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posted by mrpg on Thursday December 06 2018, @08:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the russia-is-good-russia-is-love-russia-dont-interfere dept.

Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Ajit Pai said it was a “fact” that there was Russian interference in the public comments ahead of its controversial net neutrality vote last year, amid sparring between another commissioner about a lawsuit the agency is in the midst of.

The admittance was made in response to a lawsuit filed by the New York Times, who requested access to records surrounding the public comments that they argued would “shed light to the extent to which Russian nationals and agents of the Russian government have interfered with the agency notice-and-comment process about a topic of extensive public interest.”

The public comments left ahead of the FCC’s net neutrality vote have been at the center of much scrutiny—with millions of fraudulent comments (including the names of dead people and current members of Congress) being used.

One recent study recently found that of the real comments, nearly 100 percent were made in favor of the FCC keeping the existing net neutrality rules.

https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/net-neutrality-comments-lawsuit/


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by SpockLogic on Thursday December 06 2018, @01:45PM

    by SpockLogic (2762) on Thursday December 06 2018, @01:45PM (#770625)

    Is this just a convenient scapegoat for the US people are willing to buy, or does Russia think it'll benefit economically/politically if it destabilizes them enough? Maybe that made sense back when, but nowadays? It seems that taking out a huge potential trading partner is a bad idea unless they're directly competing with one to such an extent that it's worth crippling them as a trading partner.

    What's the narrative for /why/ Russia's trying to destabilize the US?

    Vlad, is that you?

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