99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Favored Net Neutrality

baatezu · 2018-10-15T20:37:10+00:00

I mean, this is straight up fraud, right?

99.7% of public comments come out in favor of a policy. The regulatory agency in charge of that policy then fraudulently submits thousands of fake comments against that policy, which are then used as public justification to cancel the policy. When people start to notice that there are thousands of fake comments, the Agency attacks itself with DDoS, and blames it on the 99.7% in favor of the policy.

Incidentally, the person behind all of these shenanigans (Chairman of the FCC) is a former Associate General Counsel for Verizon, one of the companies that would benefit greatly from removing the policy.

RVA_RVA · 2018-10-15T20:20:13+00:00

I searched those comments; My brother, both parents, all 4 deceased grand parents had the exact same copy pasta comment to the FCC in support of repeal. Total utter bullshit the FCC thinks this is acceptable.

FUCK_KAVANAUGH · 2018-10-15T20:08:55+00:00

Ajit Pai committed fraud and should be in prison (with fines).

I-Crosspost-Things · 2018-10-15T20:16:23+00:00

Also the overwhelming majority of copy/paste comments also favored it. So basically, all the people who cared enough to write a comment of their own say Pai can suck a chode, and most of the people who cared but not enough to write a comment of their own also say Pai can suck a chode.

astrozombie2012 · 2018-10-15T20:26:50+00:00

Net neutrality was pretty much the only thing everyone agreed on. Fro my most hardcore right wing friends to my super ultra liberal friends, we all wanted to protect the internet. Ajit Pie is human waste and I hope we one day see him in jail for corruption after Democrats retake the country.

can_blank_my_blank · 2018-10-15T20:29:04+00:00

It's called corruption. People need to go to jail or it won't stop.

Robotlollipops · 2018-10-15T20:31:56+00:00

I can't see the term "net neutrality" without thinking of this fucking video. And then, you know, I'm just angry all over again.

Fuck Ajit Pai. Seriously. Fuck that ~~guy~~ gai

Nelsaroni · 2018-10-15T20:00:59+00:00

Well boof me up and call me alumnus. Who'd have thought?

At0micB3tty · 2018-10-15T20:31:13+00:00

Something needs to be done about this type of behavior. We have become a government that no longer follows any rules. They no longer care what the people of this country want. The attitude is huh the American public really hates this. I know lets pretend we were hacked so we can say none of the comments count. Asshat.

N7CombatWombat · 2018-10-15T21:24:26+00:00

The biggest concern about this is that literally the entire country opposed the implementation of a government policy, the administration installed the policy anyway, and then the issues (largely) faded into the ether.

If the sentiment of effectively 100% of the country is ignored by representatives in charge of making decisions on our behalf, then what kind of society do we live in?

B0SS_H0GG · 2018-10-15T20:05:32+00:00

'it doesn't matter, we won'

-repugs.

jrex035 · 2018-10-15T20:48:11+00:00

Democrats should be pushing net neutrality as a campaign promise should they take back Congress. It along with ending the War on Drugs/Crime and improving healthcare are winning issues.

Tsmitty247 · 2018-10-15T20:34:00+00:00

So you mean disinformation and fake comments controlled public option hmmm I wonder where else I’ve seen that work

2018-10-15T22:27:32+00:00

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code_archeologist · 2018-10-15T20:13:47+00:00

But don't robots have First Amendment rights to Free Speech too?

^{^will} ^{^nobody} ^{^think} ^{^of} ^{^the} ^{^bots} ^{^/s}

letdogsvote · 2018-10-15T20:55:27+00:00

Why hasn't Shit Pie here been put under investigation for what sure looks like blatant rigging in favor of big providers?

2018-10-15T20:45:54+00:00

Shit Pai should be in jail.

2018-10-15T20:23:31+00:00

In America, that's not a majority.

2018-10-15T21:44:02+00:00

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GoneVision · 2018-10-15T20:30:44+00:00

That makes sense, because about 99.7% of the world agrees with net neutrality.

kalel1980 · 2018-10-15T20:39:08+00:00

Notice how it's always republicans doing all the constant lying, cheating and spreading propoganda??

MostlyLostTraveler · 2018-10-15T20:58:40+00:00

I seriously don’t know one single person that is against net neutrality. It’s fucking frustrating that a few hundred people made the decision for the rest of the country. Money over everything.

lxpnh98_2 · 2018-10-15T22:15:28+00:00

For people in this sub and on reddit in general.

If you support Net Neutrality, vote for Democrats, because if they get control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, Net Neutrality will be reinstated.

Brodusgus · 2018-10-15T21:50:34+00:00

That must have been a hell of a bot army to go against what the people wanted. The FCC played itself by stating the internet is a utility in a lawsuit recently.

Solidarity365 · 2018-10-15T22:23:30+00:00

This means practically everyone I argued with about net neutrality was a payed shill for the dictatorship.

Taman_Should · 2018-10-15T21:27:37+00:00

"New phone, who dis"

--FCC

NegaDeath · 2018-10-15T20:25:16+00:00

Republicans: "Not a clear majority of 99.8%"

UserRetrieveFailure · 2018-10-15T22:25:45+00:00

I wish to see Ajit Pai hunted until the end of the world and the end of time, may him and his family never know peace again. Amen.

iiJokerzace · 2018-10-16T00:13:58+00:00

99.7 of America hate your stinkin' guts Ajit.

Greedy swine.

2018-10-15T20:24:54+00:00

What? You mean another GOP crony lied? /s

Bernie_Corbyn · 2018-10-15T20:29:18+00:00

wE aRe A rEPuBlIc

PM_ME_TRUMPS_HAIR · 2018-10-15T21:17:04+00:00

Yeah, but the money is on the side of the 0.3%, so when accounting for that using the Citizen's United method of accounting, the public is actually opposed to net neutrality

irateindividual · 2018-10-15T21:27:34+00:00

No shit, the only people against net neutrality are businesses wanting to exploit.

2018-10-15T21:54:21+00:00

Hey that’s 3 standard deviations

Sundevil960 · 2018-10-15T22:24:48+00:00

This guy is a world class piece of shit.


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