FCC Comment Fraud Sparks Calls For Reform
May 19, 2021
In Law360, Robert Gastner discussed a report released by the New York Attorney General’s Office that revealed widespread fraud in the Federal Communications Commission’s 2017 call for public comment on the agency’s proposed net neutrality deregulation. The report revealed that cribbed identities were used to boost the number of commenters calling for a repeal of net neutrality rules. Gastner suggests that agencies look to the private sector for methods of authenticating public submissions. “You have to strike a balance between maximizing participation and making sure all that participation is authorized, consented to, and legitimate,” Gastner said.
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