The seven most-prevalent comments to the FCC were submitted more than 500,000 times each, and six opposed net neutrality regulations | Pew Research Center

November 27, 2017

Public Comments to the Federal Communications Commission About Net Neutrality Contain Many Inaccuracies and Duplicates

The seven most-prevalent comments to the FCC were submitted more than 500,000 times each, and six opposed net neutrality regulations

The seven most-prevalent comments to the FCC were submitted more than 500,000 times each, and six opposed net neutrality regulations

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The seven most-prevalent comments to the FCC were submitted more than 500,000 times each, and six opposed net neutrality regulations

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Public Comments to the Federal Communications Commission About Net Neutrality Contain Many Inaccuracies and Duplicates
Thousands of submissions to FCC featured duplicate ‘names’
Small number of FCC net neutrality comments made up a large portion of the total submitted
The seven most-prevalent comments to the FCC were submitted more than 500,000 times each, and six opposed net neutrality regulations
More than 75,000 net neutrality comments were submitted simultaneously on nine different occasions
On at least five occasions, more than 24,000 exactly identical net neutrality comments were submitted to the FCC in a single second
FCC net neutrality comment period marked by bursts of intense activity, long periods of inactivity