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Yesterday [March 26] the FTC (Federal Trade Comission) announced that it had won court orders shutting down four separate robocall "Operations Responsible for Billions of Illegal Robocalls"
Settlements were obtained against
NetDotSolutions
Higher Goals Marketing
Veterans of America
PointBreak Media
The judgements include multimillion dollar penalties and require the various entities to stop all robocalling and some other operations.
The calls you should see less of that these companies provided include
auto warranties, debt-relief services, home security systems, fake charities, and Google search results services
No indication if this includes those medical back brace insurance scam calls that seem to have taken over lately, but here is hoping.
More coverage here
(Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Friday March 29 2019, @03:16PM (2 children)
This is the FCC's job.
But Pai's job is to prevent the FCC from doing its job.
The general pattern is to install heads of government agencies who will undermine that agency's regulatory mission.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday March 29 2019, @05:40PM (1 child)
Don't exaggerate.
Some people are put in place to make sure their agencies do the most comprehensive and painfully detailed investigation work possible.
On $other-party.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday March 29 2019, @06:31PM
I suppose that is true for agencies whose primary mission is to investigate and promote injustice.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.