Nuisance & Spam
US Receives 5.1 Billion Robocalls in May; The Excuses for Failure Keep Getting Worse
The YouMail Robocall Index says Americans received 5,083,647,300 robocalls in May, a new record for the STIR/SHAKEN era.
India to Implement Unified Consumer Consent System for Telemarketing Calls and Messages
Telcos have 2 months to create a digital platform that will let ordinary Indians control which businesses may contact them.
Arguments in Brazil about STIR/SHAKEN
An association of telcos is challenging the regulator's desire to give responsibility for administering call authentication to telemarketing businesses.
Will AI-Powered Spam Filters Be Forced on Indian Telcos?
TRAI Chairman P. D. Vaghela asked telcos to explore the potential use of artificial intelligence to identify spam.
UK STIR/SHAKEN Consultation Begins
The initial draft of Ofcom's proposal was commissioned from one of the USA's most prolific lobbyists for STIR/SHAKEN.
FTC ‘Ramps Up Fight’ on Illegal Robocalls by Publicly Naming 24 Telcos They Have Warned
Inteliquent and iBasis were amongst the carriers outed by the US Federal Trade Commission.
STIR/SHAKEN Is ‘Full of Holes’; Top US Comms Lawyer Warns About Robocall ‘Fox in Charge of the Henhouse’
Senior telecoms attorney Jonathan Marashlian works with firms that have deep inside knowledge of how well the US is tackling robocalls.
Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics and STIR/SHAKEN
It is amazing how much fraud you can pretend to have mitigated if you invent measures of frauds that never happened.
3 Reasons to Question the Recent Anti-Spam Agreement between Australia and the UK
Yet another piece of paper promises cooperation to tackle nuisance calls and texts, but where is the real action?
Telco Investigated for Illegal Robocalls Uses Defamation Law to Silence Critics
One suit seeks millions in damages from a 'self-anointed robocalling vigilante'; the other wants restitution from a STIR/SHAKEN supplier.
First Australian Telco Found to Breach New Anti-Scam SMS Rules
Modica was ordered to comply with the industry code but was otherwise not penalized.
US Lawmakers Propose Prison Sentences for Illegal Robocallers (But Would They Ever Be Used?)
The latest incarnation of the DO NOT Call Act might as well be named the EMPTY THREAT Act.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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