Robocalling Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Threatened with $5mn FCC Fine
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl used robocalls to suppress the vote in the US 2020 elections by lying about the use of voter data.
US Regulator Finds New Robocall Bogeymen: Foreign Owners
Acting FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has often complained about robocalls, but never implied foreigners were to blame before.
What Is the US Regulator Really Doing With Its Robocall Mitigation Database?
Any fool can download the US Robocall Mitigation Database, but which fool is checking that the thousands of entries are reliable?
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.
What Will Be Achieved by the US-Australia Anti-Robocall Agreement?
The leaders of the FCC and the ACMA signed a piece of paper that lists vague promises they are not obliged to keep.
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.
American Lawyers Turn Anti-Robocall Law Into Hot Steaming Mess
Do not blame Sonia Sotomayor and the Supreme Court of the United States for correctly reading an ineptly written law.
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.
Racist Robocaller Fined $9.9mn
American neo-Nazi Scott Rhodes spoofed the CLIs of 4,959 calls that promoted his website and beliefs.
New Global Report Says Brazilians Receive Most Spam Robocalls
Truecaller’s app for blocking spam calls is reportedly stopping 50 calls per user per month in Brazil, well above the amount of spam received by US subscribers per their international tables.