FCC Admits No Documentation Justifying Shutting Down Comments After John Oliver Net Neutrality Segment

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FCC Admits No Documentation Justifying Shutting Down Comments After John Oliver Net Neutrality Segment

July 21st, 2017

Awake Goy

Above Photo: From fightforthefuture.org

This federal agency has a responsibility to maintain a functioning website for the public to comment on proceedings that have a profound impact on our economy, our democracy, and the future of the Internet.

It’s clear that the FCC has failed to perform this basic duty, and now they are refusing to release hundreds of pages of documents that could help shed light on what really happened here, and who, if anyone, has been attempting to interfere with the public comment process.

The public deserves to know whether former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai is protecting the person or organization behind these alleged DDoS attacks and the flood of fake comments using stolen identities that have tainted the FCC’s docket.

Net neutrality protections protect Internet users from extra fees, censorship, and throttling. Members of Congress who oversee the FCC must demand that the agency provide adequate answers to these serious questions surrounding their comment process before they make any decision about net neutrality rules that affect hundreds of millions of Internet users.”

Fight for the Future is one of the leading grassroots organizations fighting for net neutrality and Internet freedom. The group recently announced plans to crowdfund billboards to expose members of Congress who support the FCC’s plan to dismantle net neutrality protections, and launched a scorecard to make it easy for voters to learn where their lawmakers stand on the issue. The group also played a lead role in the massive July 12 day of action that drove millions of comments, emails, and phone calls to decision makers in support of the Title II rules.

Source Article from https://popularresistance.org/fcc-admits-no-documentation-justifying-shutting-down-comments-after-john-oliver-net-neutrality-segment/