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Folks: If you go here: http://www.fcc.gov/comments http://www.fcc.gov/comments and click 14-28 ("Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet"), it will take you

by zoba 12y ago

Folks: If you go here: http://www.fcc.gov/comments http://www.fcc.gov/comments and click 14-28 ("Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet"), it will take you to a form where you can submit your comments.

jonahx 12y ago
In order to post comments, you have to make your name and address available on the site publicly? Am I understanding that correctly?
- danielweber 12y ago
  In general submitting comments on a government action is completely visible to everyone. As a favor to a colleague I once did some data-analysis for public comments. She just shipped me everyone's data. I asked if that was legal and was told that she was required to give it to anyone who asks. This feels weird for a web-comment BBS, but it's totally normal for the government requesting comments on policy.
- zoba 12y ago
  Yeah, looks that way. Putting my name on protecting the internet is something I'm proud to do. Putting my address down is a bit obnoxious though - I doubt they're going to do any verification on these.
  - loumf 12y ago
    They don't have to. If anyone wants to, they could verify it. I helped support an effort to find evidence of astroturfing an FCC request for comment. Having this data enabled us to do that work. Knowing that the data could be verified is supposed to be a deterrent to acting in bad faith. Later, one could do the verification if they doubted the comments were genuine. Given the amount of tech power behind keeping net-neutrality, we should want the process to be as open as possible, so we could verify it ourselves.
    - jonahx 12y ago
      They could ask for the information, but not make it public.
      - loumf 12y ago
        Making things public is how the government gets data closer to the truth with less work, and you don't have to trust them to do it. Groups with interest do the verification (lobbyists, journalists, you, etc). This is part of what makes democracy work. The alternative is that we have to trust the government to do the verification with no check or balance.
- SkyMarshal 12y ago
  Or just send an email, no name or address required: http://www.fcc.gov/page/fcc-establishes-new-inbox-open-internet-comments http://www.fcc.gov/page/fcc-establishes-new-inbox-open-inter... Or use/create a Twitter account: http://www.fcc.gov/events/twitter-chat-gigi-sohn-netneutrality http://www.fcc.gov/events/twitter-chat-gigi-sohn-netneutrali...

by zoba 12y ago

jonahx 12y ago

In order to post comments, you have to make your name and address available on the site publicly? Am I understanding that correctly?

danielweber 12y ago
In general submitting comments on a government action is completely visible to everyone. As a favor to a colleague I once did some data-analysis for public comments. She just shipped me everyone's data. I asked if that was legal and was told that she was required to give it to anyone who asks. This feels weird for a web-comment BBS, but it's totally normal for the government requesting comments on policy.
zoba 12y ago
Yeah, looks that way. Putting my name on protecting the internet is something I'm proud to do. Putting my address down is a bit obnoxious though - I doubt they're going to do any verification on these.
- loumf 12y ago
  They don't have to. If anyone wants to, they could verify it. I helped support an effort to find evidence of astroturfing an FCC request for comment. Having this data enabled us to do that work. Knowing that the data could be verified is supposed to be a deterrent to acting in bad faith. Later, one could do the verification if they doubted the comments were genuine. Given the amount of tech power behind keeping net-neutrality, we should want the process to be as open as possible, so we could verify it ourselves.
  - jonahx 12y ago
    They could ask for the information, but not make it public.
    - loumf 12y ago
      Making things public is how the government gets data closer to the truth with less work, and you don't have to trust them to do it. Groups with interest do the verification (lobbyists, journalists, you, etc). This is part of what makes democracy work. The alternative is that we have to trust the government to do the verification with no check or balance.
SkyMarshal 12y ago
Or just send an email, no name or address required: http://www.fcc.gov/page/fcc-establishes-new-inbox-open-internet-comments http://www.fcc.gov/page/fcc-establishes-new-inbox-open-inter... Or use/create a Twitter account: http://www.fcc.gov/events/twitter-chat-gigi-sohn-netneutrality http://www.fcc.gov/events/twitter-chat-gigi-sohn-netneutrali...