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A U.S. federal court has issued a $9,918,000 penalty and an injunction against an individual named Scott Rhodes for making thousands of "spoofed" robocalls to consumers across the country.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Nice, I just wish there was something they could do about the robocalls coming from outside the US.

[–] Hawke 17 points 11 months ago (4 children)

They could, they just won’t.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They are, though. The FCC and FTC have been working on doing things on their end, and the FCC is forcing telecoms to do things on their end.

This type of thing takes time to implement, though.

[–] Hawke 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The telecoms companies could have started years ago and the regulations could have been in place then too. I have my doubts that there is any real enthusiasm for getting this effectively implemented any time soon.

[–] Maalus 3 points 11 months ago

Coulda shoulda. They didn't. So the next best time is now.

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