Gravwell, a data analytics company found less than 4 million comments out of the 22 million comments submitted to the FCC were authentic. The rest were copypasta and likely automated astroturfing from ISP and other beneficiaries.
"Using our (admittedly) simple classification, over 95 percent of the organic comments are in favor of Title II regulation," Corey Thuen, the founder of Gravwell, told Motherboard in an email.
This particular comment was sent over 1.2 million times to the FCC
The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering innovation, damaging the American economy and obstructing job creation.\n\nI urge the Federal Communications Commission to end the bureaucratic regulatory overreach of the internet known as Title II and restore the bipartisan light-touch regulatory consensus that enabled the internet to flourish for more than 20 years.\n\nThe plan currently under consideration at the FCC to repeal Obama's Title II power grab is a positive step forward and will help to promote a truly free and open internet for everyone.\n
Another comment sent over 1 million times:
In 2015, Chairman Tom Wheeler's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed restrictive Title II, utility-style regulations under the guise of an "open internet." Not only have these regulations inhibited innovation in the internet ecosystem, they hurt taxpayers and consumers by expanding the regulatory reach of the FCC and limiting investment in internet infrastructure. We cannot allow this revolutionary tool to be bogged down with excessive government interference.\n \nIt is past time for the FCC, an agency that is funded by American taxpayers, to free the internet of burdensome regulations. By rolling back the misguided 2015 regulations we can restore an unrestricted and truly open internet. I thank the Commissioners for considering these comments during the reply period.
These two comments represented 10% of all the comments about net neutrality sent to the FCC.
FCC chairman Ajit Pai
There were some pro-net neutrality comments that appeared automated as well but only resulted in a tiny fraction of a percent of the total comments. Currently, the FCC refuses to release the logs or IP addresses of the votes. There is currently a case in court trying to get them released.
The internet now become bots haven... there are very few real person tapping the keyboard to add value
Because some people want the easy way of doing most in their life. Well we all want easier ways, but this isn't how to go about it just like comment bots/spam here on Steemit.
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Powerful findings. Hopefully this communications governing body reasonably assesses the quality of these communications but I have a feeling things are going to play out against the consumers...unfortunately. Thanks for sharing this info
The logs won't be released and is already forgotten about.
...woof, thats a drag
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