The FCC has given voice carriers until June 2021 to implement technology it says will stop the robocall plague that’s driving us all insane.
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Phone carriers may soon be forced to adopt anti-robocall tech
US carriers haven’t been doing enough to block robocalls voluntarily. The Federal Communications Commission’s response? Fine – we’ll make you.
FCC underwhelmed by carriers’ sluggish robocall efforts
The FCC in June called for carriers to provide free, default robocall blocking services. One month later, plans are “far from clear.”
FTC slams the phone down on quartet of robocallers
Wrist slaps and paltry fines may not be what most of us were hoping for in retribution for billions of robocalls and countless scams.
John Oliver bombards the FCC with anti-robocall robocall campaign
The Last Week Tonight host launched an anti-robocalling robocalling campaign to force the FCC to put a stop to the pervasive, irritating calls.
Phone companies slammed for lousy robocall efforts
By this time next year, says Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC wants to see an anti-robocall system on consumers’ phones – or else.
Up to 9.5 million net neutrality comments were fake
New York has expanded its probe to subpoena 14 industry groups and lobbyists, saying that fake comments “distort[ed] public opinion.”
35 state attorney generals tell FCC to pull the plug on robocalls
The AGs want the FCC to adopt SHAKEN and STIR.
Robocallers slapped with huge fines for using spoofed phone numbers
One poor woman whose phone number was hijacked by robocallers got several calls a day from irate consumers who thought she was trying to market to them.
91 “child friendly” Android apps accused of exploitation
New Mexico’s AG filed a lawsuit accusing a popular app maker, plus Google’s and Twitter’s ad platforms, of illegally collecting kids’ data.