NHMC, Others Ask FCC to Put Consumer Open Internet Complaints Into Record, Seek Comment
The FCC should seek public comment on consumer open internet complaints and related correspondence, said a motion that the National Hispanic Media Coalition and 20 other groups posted Tuesday in docket 17-108. They said it includes about 50,000 complaints, 18,000…
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carrier responses, 1,500 documents on an agency ombudsperson's exchanges with users and 10 spreadsheets with complaint data. In response to NHMC Freedom of Information Act requests in May, the FCC gave the group most of the records and posted them on a webpage (see 1709150031), but most carrier responses are among documents missing, said the motion. It asked the commission to put all records into the open internet docket and issue a public notice seeking comment. "Just as an agency may not rely on data that has not been admitted into the administrative record, it also may not prevent directly relevant information from being admitted into the record simply because it does not support the agency’s proposed rule," said the motion (NHMC news release here). Among backers were the American Civil Liberties Union, American Library Association, Common Cause, Fight for the Future, Free Press, Future of Music Coalition, New America's Open Technology Institute, Public Knowledge and United Church of Christ. The FCC didn't comment.