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Dead People Are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to FCC Website

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Re: Dead People Are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to FCC Website

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post #35

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But it does matter, because it shows malice and intent. All three data points have to be taken together (FCC Opens up comments, Comments criminally spammed, FCC decides the issue X). Given the clear and convincing evidence of malfeasance in the comment stream, the FCC's actions can be judged as reasonable or unreasonable. So what matters is that we shine light on their agenda so that it is not possible for them to cr…

> So what matters is that we shine light on their agenda so that it is not possible for them to credibly deny they are not following their own policies. And who is going to shine a line or report on that? The "fake news" media? Nobody will care, they don't want to hear it and they won't believe it, cognitive dissonance is amazingly powerful.

If the FCC ruling is challenged in court, then hopefully the court would do that. The FCC doesn't have to follow what the comments tell them to do, but they do have to take their arguments into consideration.

Re: Dead People Are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to FCC Website

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post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hopefully the EFF can challenge this in court and this provides good evidence that the FCC is ignoring what Americans want.

FCC's job is to make and enforce policy that conforms to the law set by Congress, not to hold and obey public votes.

Yet, they are not allowed to ignore the public's comments. They must take them into consideration, even if they end up deciding to act against public opinion.
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