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Ajit Pai proposes new rule that would allow carriers to block robocalls
On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a new measure that would grant mobile phone carriers new abilities to block the growing number of unwanted robocalls.
The new rule would make it easier for carriers, like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, to automatically register their customers for call-blocking technology. As of right now, customers have to opt-in on their own. It would also allow customers to block calls coming from phone numbers that are not on their contacts list. Commissioners are expected to vote on the measure at their June 6th meeting.
"Allowing call blocking by default could be a big benefit for consumers who are sick and tired of robocalls," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. "By making it clear that such call blocking is allowed, the FCC will give voice service providers the legal certainty they need to block unwanted calls from the outset so that consumers never have to get them."
[...] A majority of the US Senate already backs legislation from Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ed Markey (D-MA) that would make it easier for the FCC to seek financial penalties from robocallers and provide both regulators and law enforcement additional tools to combat these unwanted and illegal calls.
Members in the House of Representatives like Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) also have their own anti-robocalling legislation that differs from what's been proposed in the Senate, but it includes some similar language, like increasing the length of time the FCC has to find and go after bad actors.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Monday May 20 2019, @04:33PM
Same here. I'm a point of contact (and emergency contact) on a bunch of stuff. No idea when or who will call so i have to answer everything. The last few years have been the worst since owning a cellphone. Phone companies don't care. If this was email then they would cease to exist because every admin would blackhole any email coming through them. There are plenty of audit tools to track the origin of an email. You can contact the company above whoever sent it and get it fixed. I've had domain registrars just suspend domains that spam was coming out of within a few hours. Phone tech is terrible because someone wants it like this. I can't think of any other reason.
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