N.Y. Says FCC Won't Aid Probe Into Fake Net Neutrality Comments

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman accused the Federal Communications Commission of refusing to aid an investigation into what he called a massive scheme to corrupt the U.S. agency’s comment process concerning the possible repeal of net neutrality rules.

Tens of thousands of identities of real New Yorkers -- and hundreds of thousands of Americans nationwide -- had their identities misused in fake comments through a strategy that was first discovered by researchers in May, Schneiderman said Tuesday in an open letter to the FCC.