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by pedasmith 2238 days ago
From the Judge: releasing the logs may help clarify whether fraudulent activity interfered with the comment period, as well as whether the agency’s decision-making process is “vulnerable to corruption."

My take: I was one of the flesh-and-blood people who commented. when I did that, I also looked up every comment made by a person with my name. Result: every comment by someone with my name was obvious cut-n-paste.

From my POV, it's clear: the FCC site was swamped with fake comments. Their unwillingness to publicly say so is an abomination in a democracy.