Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2017
FCC net-neutrality comments controversy
FiscalNote researchers reported that millions of comments submitted to the FCC during the net-neutrality debate showed signs of bot generation. The matter became controversial after reports said that many of the comments had been generated by a FiscalNote subsidiary, creating questions about the company's relationship to the activity it analyzed.
Criticism of pricing and analytical methodology
Critics have argued that FiscalNote's relatively high prices can make policy intelligence more available to wealthy organizations and larger lobbying operations than to citizens or smaller groups. Other observers have questioned whether its analytical models place excessive weight on correlations and whether a focus on bill movement adequately explains the substantive forces behind policy outcomes.