The FCC Tried To Hide Net Neutrality Complaints Against ISPs

The FCC Tried To Hide Net Neutrality Complaints Against ISPs

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171205/12420338750/fcc-tried-to-hide-net-neutrality-complaints-against-isps.shtml

When FCC boss Ajit Pai first proposed killing popular net neutrality protections (pdf), he insisted he would proceed "in a far more transparent way than the FCC did" when it first crafted the rules in 2015. That promise has proven to be a historically-hollow one.

Pai's agency is already facing numerous lawsuits for refusing to disclose conversations with ISP lobbyists about the plan to kill net neutrality, refusing to disclose net neutrality complaints filed with the agency, refusing to be transparent about a DDoS attack the FCC apparently concocted to downplay the "John Oliver effect," and for ignoring FOIA requests related to its failure to police website comment fraud during the public comment period.