Net Neutrality Activists Accuse Comcast of Trying to Silence Them

Activists from Fight for the Future are accusing Comcast of siccing its lawyers on them and one of the sites it created, called Comcastroturf. 

The site catalogs what the Fight for the Future says are phony "astroturfing" comments made to the FCC on Comcast's behalf. More specifically these are those anti-net neutrality comments that flooded the FCC's website, using the same copy-pasted text and using phony credentials to sign them, with the names and addresses allegedly being taken off the leaked database of the City River Media. 

Comcast's lawyers have sent the site a "cease and desist" notice as they allege the site violates intellectual property. In short, the company believes Comcastroturf is a term that's too similar to Comcast's own domain and company name. The document mentions the telco will drop the issue if it is given control over the domain. 

“This is exactly why we need Title II net neutrality protections that ban blocking, throttling, and censorship...