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I'm leading 22 AGs and filing suit to protect net neutrality today(twitter.com)
1 points by AGSchneiderman 9y ago|0 comments
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
It may violate a number of laws, including laws against impersonation or misuse of identity and falsification or forgery. Depending on facts we uncover, it could also be a form of a deceptive business practice. Some of that conduct is cri
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
There’s a long history of neutrality regulation for networks – going back even before the internet – even though the requirements have taken different forms over the years. And when those regulations were enforced they ended practices that
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
You’re right that it can be easy to spot comments that may be fake, but to have confidence that certain comments are fake requires further analysis. One reason is that the mere use of identical text in multiple comments (even large numbers
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
In 2014 the court struck down net neutrality rules that prevented blocking and discrimination, which the FCC had issued under Title I of the 1934 Communications Act. But in 2016 the court upheld net neutrality rules that prevented blocking
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
You’re not alone. Many Americans – especially those far from major cities -- have only a single ISP available, others have only two ISPs. That’s why competition is more limited in the market for broadband than in other markets (because cons
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
The law in our country requires federal agencies to provide every citizen with the right to notice and the opportunity to have his or her voice heard in policymaking. We now know from my office’s investigation and other reports of major fla
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
That's awful and I'm sorry to hear it. You can report the fake comment to my office at https://ag.ny.gov/fakecomments .
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
This comment was submitted under the name and address of someone we will call Jill, in Rochester, New York. As it turns out, Jill’s father wasn’t very happy about that submission because the real Jill is only 13 years old and never submitte
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
If you have ideas for how to help my office's investigation, we welcome them. You can get in touch at https://ag.ny.gov/contact-attorney-general . Generally speaking, I encourage anyone who wants to get involved in the
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
I’m glad you asked – this is a very important question. In short, the regulation is needed to protect against ISPs prioritizing their profits over their consumers, which is something we have seen in the past where regulations were lacking.
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
Not finished yet -- I'll be in and out today to answer your questions. Thanks to all for taking the time to join me.
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
On Congress: Many members of Congress have already spoken up and called on the FCC to halt the process until the problems with public comments can be investigated. I hope more of our elected officials in Washington take up that call. If en
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
Wow – I’m honored! The volcano of bad ideas coming out of this administration has kept me busy on a lot of fronts, so I haven’t had as much time as I’d like to keep myself up to date on the boards here. But I can say that my staff – especi
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
We've received and we welcome submissions from people across the country. As New York's Attorney General, my responsibility is to the people of New York. But what happened in the NN comment process affects all of us. I think that&
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
The assistance we’ve requested should not require a subpoena. State and federal agencies cooperate all the time, especially when they are engaged in law enforcement investigations into illegal conduct. The FCC has worked with my office in t
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
This is a question I've gotten a lot in recent days -- and I totally get it. When it comes to this issue, I ask people to keep something important in mind: the law protects more than just our physical safety – it protects important int
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
Fortunately, it's not just my office that’s publicly supported net neutrality. (My office did submit its own public comment in support of net neutrality because we had an issue we wanted to address that was unique to our experience.) S
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
Thanks for this question. We think there's still time to stop repeal, so we're hoping everyone with a stake in this issue--especially the tech community--will mobilize to force the Chairman to reconsider his proposal. You can be s
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
I’m glad you asked – this report is really telling. It’s been reported that this study was paid for by Broadband for America, which counts many big ISPs as members. Yet even this study found massive flaws in the comments, including about 8
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
My office put up a web page where you can easily check if your identity was misused and, if so, report the abuse to us: ag.ny.gov/fakecomments. In just a few days we’ve received thousands of comments, not just from New Yorkers but from
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
Great question. State and local governments should do definitely take action to support net neutrality, because the overwhelming majority of their citizens – regardless of politics or ideology -- favor net neutrality. That’s been proven aga
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
I think it's the wrong decision. We live in a democracy, and our country has clear laws requiring federal agencies to honor every citizen’s right to have his or her voice heard on any policy, like net neutrality, that impacts all of us
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
Hey, everyone, this is AG Schneiderman, I'm here and ready to take your questions. Just a reminder that you can check to see if your identity was misused during the NN comment process by clicking here: https://ag.ny.gov&#x2F
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by AGSchneiderman 9y ago
Timing update here: I'll be on to answer some questions between 3 PM and 4 PM ET. Thanks all!
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AMA: NY AG Schneiderman on net neutrality and protecting our voice in government
1126 points by AGSchneiderman 9y ago|269 comments