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Senators urge FCC to preserve neutrality protections for text messages
The FCC is considering classifying texts as an information service in order to give carriers more tools to fight automated messages and spam texts. However, the Senators don't see the need. The Telecom Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) already requires senders to get permission from a receiver before sending an automated text. Additionally, there is concern that carriers might block legitimate bulk messages. Verizon did so in 2007 when it stopped women's rights advocacy group Naral Pro-Choice America from sending a mass text to its members because the content was considered controversial.
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Senators Urge FCC to Preserve Neutrality Protections for Text Messages
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday December 10 2018, @12:24AM (2 children)
Why the hell are we letting them do that?? Common carrier, dumb pipe, that should be the rule. Anything else is bullshit. We can make our own firewalls.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @05:21PM (1 child)
hi
please provide a link to an SMS text based firewall for my feature phone that isn't smart; I can't install software on it. but i use the sms texts for alerting and such for family, friends, and work, since its simple, easy to use, and nearly instant in most cases. sms works so well that it was very disappointing to see commercial entities start to abuse it.
also the firewall needs to work for every feature phone that cant install software. kthx
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday December 10 2018, @05:29PM
If you don't have it already, you can demand the ability to block unwanted/unknown calls/messages from your carrier. Unfortunately a lot of you have to demand that, enough to make it a business issue. If you get a really big crowd to do it, you can vote it into law. Happy hunting...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..