A U.S. federal court has issued a $9,918,000 penalty and an injunction against an individual named Scott Rhodes for making thousands of “spoofed” robocalls to consumers across the country.
Though they have legitimate uses, including sales, public service announcements, charity requests, and political campaigns,
Please no
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Nice, I just wish there was something they could do about the robocalls coming from outside the US.
Hawke@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They could, they just won’t.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 4 weeks ago
They are, though. The FCC and FTC have been working on doing things on their end, and the FCC is forcing telecoms to do things on their end.
This type of thing takes time to implement, though.
fluxion@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not without a shitty carrier-specific app and subscription fee anyway. But they can’t even manage that.