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Report: FBI opens criminal investigation into net neutrality comment fraud
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the use of stolen identities in public comments on the government's repeal of net neutrality rules, BuzzFeed News reported Saturday.
The investigation focuses on "whether crimes were committed when potentially millions of people's identities were posted to the FCC's website without their permission, falsely attributing to them opinions about net neutrality rules," the report said.
"Two organizations told BuzzFeed News, each on condition that they not be named, that the FBI delivered subpoenas to them related to the comments," BuzzFeed wrote.
The FBI subpoenas came a few days after similar subpoenas sent by NY AG Barbara Underwood in mid-October. Underwood "subpoenaed more than a dozen telecommunications trade groups, lobbying contractors, and Washington advocacy organizations," The New York Times reported in October.
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(Score: 1, Disagree) by fustakrakich on Tuesday December 11 2018, @09:33PM (4 children)
Gee, I wonder why they didn't elect a congress to do it... Stop listening to media polls. They are garbage.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 11 2018, @09:45PM (1 child)
You promise to be online every time I have a question? It is clear that only you are capable of divining Universal Truth.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday December 11 2018, @10:09PM
You promise to be online every time I have a question?
Nope. You're on your own, kid...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday December 13 2018, @03:21PM (1 child)
Because there was no way to vote for such a Congress. All Republicans and a substantial percentage of Democrats support the ability of telecoms to do pretty much whatever they want, and all non-Demoblicans/Republicrats are too powerless to gain control of Congress. The Democrats that are supportive of net neutrality are mostly the ones who get more of their money from Google and Facebook rather than Comcast and AT&T.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:19PM
Well, that only means people shouldn't vote for republicans and democrats. Gotta work on the source of the problem, not its symptoms.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..