April 02, 2020

Phone carriers must authenticate calls to fight robocalls, says FCC

The FCC has given voice carriers until June 2021 to implement technology it says will stop the robocall plague that's driving us all insane.

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May 28, 2019

US Senate passes anti-robocalling bill

The TRACED Act was a slam dunk in the Senate, where it passed with an overwhelming 97-1 vote.

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March 29, 2019

FTC slams the phone down on quartet of robocallers

Wrist slaps and paltry fines may not be what most of us were hoping for in retribution for billions of robocalls and countless scams.

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March 11, 2019

FTC says taxpayer voice phishing scams are up nearly 20x

The real Social Security people will never call to threaten your benefits or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards.

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November 08, 2018

Phone companies slammed for lousy robocall efforts

By this time next year, says Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC wants to see an anti-robocall system on consumers' phones - or else.

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October 12, 2018

35 state attorneys general tell FCC to pull the plug on robocalls

The AGs want the FCC to adopt SHAKEN and STIR.

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September 28, 2018

Robocallers slapped with huge fines for using spoofed phone numbers

One poor woman whose phone number was hijacked by robocallers got several calls a day from irate consumers who thought she was trying to market to them.

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April 20, 2018

Kingpin who made 100 million robocalls loses his voice

The man behind a cacophony of robocalls had little to say for himself on Capitol Hill

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November 20, 2017

FCC: robocalls can go get BLOCKED

But, it could come at a price

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