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Arkansas Anti-Robocall Law Shows Why Other Countries Do Not Want to Help the USA

A country cannot make rules for others if it cannot agree consistent rules within its own borders.

UK Regulator Delays STIR/SHAKEN Decision; Pretends to Launch an Anti-Scam ‘Crackdown’

37 pages of Ofcom waffle could have been reduced to a few sentences saying they hope somebody else will tell them what to do.

New Data Shows Big Flaw in STIR/SHAKEN Is Now Even Worse

US calls with B or C grade authentication are three times more likely to be nuisance robocalls than calls with no authentication.

Has the UK Regulator Just Ordered the Blocking of Foreign Scam Calls?

No, Ofcom has not ordered widespread blocking of international calls. But risk managers should understand why the BBC said they had.

Do You Want to Know When Your Phone Numbers Are Being Abused?

Telcos connecting to the RAG Wangiri Blockchain can now be notified when their numbers are used for fraudulent calls to other networks.

Moment of Truth for US Anti-Spoofing Strategy

The number of US robocalls was used to justify enormous expenditure on STIR/SHAKEN but there is less enthusiasm for using the same number to measure its performance in practice.

US Proposes Another Change to STIR/SHAKEN Implementation Dates

This time the FCC is considering bringing the deadline forward for small telcos that originate 'especially' many calls.

Angry, Biased and Superficial: BBC Reporting of Spoofing Fraud

A BBC journalist spouted a string of half-truths about CLI spoofing and crime whilst belittling a representative of the UK regulator.

Canada Postpones STIR/SHAKEN Deadline Yet Again

Continued 'technical and policy issues' means the Canadian regulator has delayed the mandatory adoption of the new call authentication technology by a total of 32 months.

Australia Blocked 11mn Wangiri and 44mn Spoofed Calls Since December

Comms providers adopted a code of conduct to detect, trace and block scam calls in late 2020.

Should Other Countries Copy the US Approach to Fraud and Spoofing?

Prof. Eric Burger, former White House and FCC advisor, told RAG TV about the US strategy for tackling telecoms fraud.

Fears That STIR/SHAKEN Will Lead to Blocking of Calls from Small Telcos

The Canadian Chapter of the Internet Society is worried that anti-spoofing rules will create a 'two-tier' telecoms market.

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