Public Comments in the World of Massively Multiplayer Regulatory Proceedings

TPI uses machine learning to examine dodgy comments on Restoring Internet Freedom.

By the time the FCC’s ferociously controversial net neutrality draft Order was released on November 22, 2017, more than 22 million comments were submitted to the Commission through its new application programming interface (API). This avalanche of public input is impossible to navigate and interpret using human labor alone. Machine learning tools are uniquely suited to navigating and interpreting such a large amount of information. Their use, however, implies a new set of problems and rules of engagement …

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