FCC Issues Reminder of Meeting Rules Ahead of Thursday Net Neutrality Vote as MPD to Monitor Protest
The FCC issued a public notice reminder Tuesday of rules for attending commissioners’ meetings and options for viewing them in response to “significant public interest” in its net neutrality proceeding. The PN includes reminders attendees will be checked in by…
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security and aren’t allowed to stand or address the commission. If the Commission Meeting Room is filled, audience members will be seated in “overflow rooms” with video feeds of the meeting, the PN said. Signs 11 by 17 inches or smaller will be permitted in the meeting room as long as they are held in front of the body to avoid obstructing views, the PN said: Audience members engaging in disruptive behavior “will be asked to leave the building, and anyone who refuses to leave voluntarily will be escorted from the building.” The Washington Metropolitan Police will have officers monitor protests outside Thursday’s commissioners meeting but won't assume “an elevated posture,” an MPD spokeswoman said. The monitoring of planned demonstrations is “routine practice” for all such gatherings that MPD becomes aware of, she said. Free Our Internet, a group supporting the draft item to roll back net neutrality regulations, asked MPD to increase security at the meeting and warned of possible violent protests (see 1712110050). A net neutrality protest outside the FCBA Chairman’s Dinner last week didn't result in any incidents (see 1712080016). In other net neutrality news, Incompas and NTCA criticized the net neutrality draft for effects on interconnection rules (see 1712120015), legislators raised the prospect of congressional action (see 1712120037) and Democratic representatives raised cybersecurity concerns on earlier FCC IT problems (see 1712120052). Other net neutrality news: on dueling partisan congressional moves (see 1712120037), on how the draft net neutrality order may affect interconnection (see 1712120015), and on congressional Democrats' concerns about FCC commenting system cybersecurity (see 1712120052).