Some Groups Made Prohibited Filings on Net Neutrality Order, FCC Says

The FCC published a list of prohibited written presentations made at the FCC on its net neutrality rules between Feb. 20 and March 12, the sunshine period on the order. FCC rules prohibit making any presentation, “whether ex parte or not, to decision-making personnel concerning any matter listed on the Commission’s Sunshine Agenda from the day after the Sunshine Agenda is released until the Commission releases the text of a decision or order relating to that matter or removes the item from the Sunshine Agenda,” the FCC said Friday. Among those who filed prohibited communications at the agency were the New Networks Institute, the Consumer Federation of America and Protect Internet Freedom, the notice said.