Lege TREND. Fake Constituent Written Suport.

The allegations of fake constitutent support:

  • Comments to the FCC over net nuetrality rules
  • Of 20 million comments, almost 50% were provided without consent

The investigations:

  • FBI issuing subpoenas
  •  New York Attorney General with support of Attorneys General of Massachusettes and the District of Columbia

Targets of the subpoenas:

  • 14 organizations
  • 11 of which are either politically conservative or related to the telecommunications industry and opposed net neutrality, and three of which supported

BuzzFeed | Millions Of Comments About The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Were Fake. Now The Feds Are Investigating