FCC website crashes after John Oliver urges viewers to comment opposing reversal of net neutrality
FCC said Monday that its website was hit by deliberate denial of service attacks after it was criticized by comedian John Oliver for its plan to reverse “net neutrality” rules. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Monday that its website was hit by deliberate denial of service attacks after the telecommunications regulator was criticized by comedian John Oliver for its plan to reverse “net neutrality” rules. These were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC’s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host.” The FCC added the attacks “made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.” The net neutrality rules, which the FCC put in place in 2015, prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to speedy internet, essentially a “fast lane,” to certain internet services over others. On Sunday, Oliver harshly criticized Pai, saying he “plays dumb” about why internet providers do not want net neutrality rules and called him “deeply disingenuous.” An FCC spokesman did not comment on Oliver’s remarks.
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