In 2017, more than 8.5 million fake comments that impersonated real people were submitted to the FCC, which the Trump Administration used as cover to repeal "net neutrality" internet regulations, and more than half a million fake letters were sent to Congress, according to the NY Attorney General who secured large fines against the firms hired by Internet providers to bombard the government with their side.
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2023/attorney-general-james-secures-615000-companies-supplied-fake-comments-influence
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