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11-17-2017, 08:18 AM
Here's how the FCC just challenged the scourge of robocallers
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Americans may get around 2.4 billion robocallsa month, so the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just endowed phone companies with a new weapon.*
On Thursday, the FCC announced (http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db1116/DOC-347787A1.pdf) that phone companies — like Sprint and AT&T — can now proactively block certain phone numbers before a robocall can even happen.*
SEE ALSO: What's behind the recent uptick in robocalls? (http://mashable.com/2017/08/15/robocalls-out-of-control/)
According to the FCC, technological innovations allow robocallers to easily impersonate phone numbers that don't actually dial out, such as from the IRS, while hiding the true caller's identity. These intrusive efforts are an enormous frustration to Americans: The FCC says it receives 200,000 complaints about robocalls every month — making it the FCC's top consumer complaint. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/fcc-allows-empowers-phone-companies-to-stop-robocalls/)
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Americans may get around 2.4 billion robocallsa month, so the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just endowed phone companies with a new weapon.*
On Thursday, the FCC announced (http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db1116/DOC-347787A1.pdf) that phone companies — like Sprint and AT&T — can now proactively block certain phone numbers before a robocall can even happen.*
SEE ALSO: What's behind the recent uptick in robocalls? (http://mashable.com/2017/08/15/robocalls-out-of-control/)
According to the FCC, technological innovations allow robocallers to easily impersonate phone numbers that don't actually dial out, such as from the IRS, while hiding the true caller's identity. These intrusive efforts are an enormous frustration to Americans: The FCC says it receives 200,000 complaints about robocalls every month — making it the FCC's top consumer complaint. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/fcc-allows-empowers-phone-companies-to-stop-robocalls/)
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