FCC Hiding Evidence Of Suspected Russian Role In Ending Net Neutrality: Lawsuit

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The suit filed by The New York Times alleges an “orchestrated campaign’’ by Russians to corrupt democratic rule-making.
By Mary Papenfuss

"The Federal Communications Commission has obstinately hidden information concerning its system for gathering public input about its unpopular plan to kill net neutrality amid signs of Russian manipulation of the comment procedure, according to a New York Times lawsuit.

Freedom of Information Act requests by the newspaper concerning the comment system were turned down repeatedly by the FCC as the Times attempted to investigate possible influence by Russia after huge numbers of comments were linked to Russian emails.

Stonewalling by the FCC has made the American public the “victim of an orchestrated campaign by the Russians to corrupt the notice-and-comment process and undermine an important step in the democratic process of rule-making,” states the Times’ lawsuit, which was filed Thursday in U.S.District Court in the Southern District of New York."

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fcc-shielding-evidence-of-russian-role-in-killing-net-neutraility-lawsuit_us_5ba72892e4b0375f8f9db029

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. How was I to know they were with the Russians too?

[suffragette]

2. K&R

[Scurrilous]

3. K&R

[dewsgirl]

4. This should be a surprise, of course it's not.