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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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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Passes Blame Over Lying About Public Comment System Being DDoSed
99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Favored Net Neutrality
Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "Report: FBI opens criminal investigation into net neutrality comment fraud" - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/fbi-investigating-identity-theft-in-net-neutrality-comments-report-says/
3. "BuzzFeed News reported Saturday" - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevincollier/feds-investigation-net-neutrality-comments
4. "reported in October" - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/technology/net-neutrality-inquiry-comments.html
5. "John Oliver Leads Net Neutrality Defenders to Crash FCC Website. Again." - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/05/09/1217253
6. "Bot Floods the FCC's Website with Anti-Net Neutrality Comments" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/05/11/0236237
7. "FCC Officially Publishes Net Neutrality Repeal" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/02/22/2220259
8. "U.S. Officially Repeals Net Neutrality Rules; FOIA Request Reveals Details of Bogus DDoS Attack" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/06/13/1226226
9. "FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Passes Blame Over Lying About Public Comment System Being DDoSed" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/08/13/2126244
10. "99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Favored Net Neutrality" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/10/17/1532203
11. "Ajit Pai Admits Russia Interfered in Net Neutrality Process amid Lawsuit" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/12/06/0142243
12. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=30556

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