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.
FTC warns VoIP providers that help robocallers: we can and will sue
It put 19 internet-calling companies on notice that helping illegal robocalls is illegal. It has sued before, and it can do it again.
Congress passes anti-robocall bill
A bill to punish robocallers has finished its passage through Congress and is expected to become law any day now.
Robocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day
According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.
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 crackdown targets operators behind 1 billion robocalls
It’s a drop in the “4.7 billion robocalls placed per month” bucket, but hey, it’s better than nothing!
Hospitals are being suffocated by robocalls
Some pretend to be hospitals to get patients’ payment data. Others pose as the goverment and try to get confidential data from hospitals.
US Senate passes anti-robocalling bill
The TRACED Act was a slam dunk in the Senate, where it passed with an overwhelming 97-1 vote.
Bots rigged Russian finale of ‘The Voice Kids’ talent show
It turns out that robo-dialed calls accounted for 56.5% of the phone-in vote for the millionaire’s daughter.