FCC slaps Americans attempting to save net neutrality.

A whopping 20+ million comments were received by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) regarding net neutrality, but a vast majority of them were ignored completely.

According to reports, during a planned discussion on ending net neutrality, a senior official from the FCC stated that more than 7 million comments were precisely the same, which were posted using 45,000 fake email addresses.

Ignoring  potential spamming, the FCC proved  it does not care about the general public’s opinion unless phrased in legal terms. Furthermore, the commission reported that a majority of those  were unable to produce unknown facts or figures into the records. Hence, the FCC overlooked them as they were only stating opinions and no relevant serious legal arguments.

The FCC prefers sticking to “quality” over “quantity” when it comes to net neutrality. It is a deliberative process, not open to debate, which considers a variety of factors to establish policies that can balance the interests of investors. However, it was quite a bold move by the FCC commission to constantly discount the preference of Americans for consumer security simply because it wasn’t phrased in appropriate legal terms.

American lawyers weren’t capable of putting together persuasive legal analysis of the telecommunication law. Pre-written letters were extensively distributed among opponents as well as the supporters of net neutrality so that at least their voice could be heard by the FCC.

The commission was required to review and accept the input received from the general public who were hoping that their opinion would actually make a difference however, the commission made it very clear that most of the letters which were received did not and will not change a single thing.