A large number of messages lambasting the Obama-era regulation began appearing on the FCC's public forum with the same text. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman started to investigate after noticing many of these comments involved people in New York. They’re creating confusion,” said Evan Greer, campaign director of Fight for the Future, a nonprofit that opposes changing the net neutrality rule. Reporters started noticing the series of identical comments that were critical of the Obama-era regulation just days after the public comment process opened. Fight for the Future set up a site to help people easily search for their name in the FCC's comments.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2017 01:26 UTC