The Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to repeal net neutrality regulations was supported in part by bots, according to a recent report from D.C.–based FiscalNote.

The FCC received 22 million comments within the span of two days in May and June, with more than 1 million pro-net neutrality messages fraudulently submitted by bots. A vote to repeal repeal the regulations is set for Dec. 14, and would open the door for internet service providers to speed up, slow down or block any content, apps or sites used by the public.

The FCC proposed the rollback of the regulations last week, but the public comment process that is designed to allow the public to weigh in was happening long before that. In fact, the public comment process on net neutrality set records for the number of comments received.

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