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-Land of the Free
FCC bans robocalls, texts
2019-08-06
[FOXBUSINESS] The Federal Communications Commission voted to approve laws that ban fraudulent text messages and international robocalls last week.

The new rules in effect neutralize loopholes in the Truth in Caller ID Act, which banned spoofing domestic calls but made it hard for the FCC to prosecute against perpetrators of scam text messages and international calls. Now, the FCC can monitor and penalize "bad actors" behind these types of schemes.

FCC Chair Ajit Pai proposed the legislation earlier this summer. Pai announced the approval, acknowledging the FCC has received tens of thousands of complaints about "spoofing" just this year.

Posted by:Fred

#8  Seems like the real solution would be technical - allowing carriers to block calls that cannot authenticate their origin (spoofed called ID).
Posted by: Iblis   2019-08-06 21:31  

#7  No doubt news of the new edict will take a little time to filter down to those at the dialing end of things.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-08-06 18:55  

#6  I've had 5 robo-calls TODAY. So obviously, working as intended /s
Posted by: Charles   2019-08-06 17:01  

#5  Anybody interested in a time-share pad in the Dominican Republic?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2019-08-06 15:00  

#4  The new rules in effect neutralize loopholes in the Truth in Caller ID Act, which banned spoofing domestic calls

Yah, that was really effective....
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-08-06 13:42  

#3  Yes, I'm sure there are some "marketing" lobbies that, like the chamber of communism and the bidness roundtable, just have to say how high their bought and paid for congresscreatures must jump and it will be bidness as usual.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-06 12:13  

#2  I have modified my phone to where It goes into DO NOT DISTURB quite often, because of these PECKERWOODS!
Posted by: ranture   2019-08-06 10:20  

#1  'Bout time. Lets hope this take effect as I get way too many spam calls and texts. My job require me to respond to calls and texts and often enough they are from unknown numbers.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2019-08-06 06:10  

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