As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to dismantle its net neutrality rules for internet providers, a mounting backlash from agency critics is zeroing in on what they say are thousands of fake or automated comments submitted to the FCC that unfairly skewed the policymaking process. Allegations about anomalies in the record are quickly becoming a central component of a campaign by online activists and some government officials to discredit the FCC's plan. "The process the FCC has employed," wrote New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman this week in a letter to the FCC, "has been corrupted by the fraudulent use of Americans' identities .