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Wohl Hits Wall

The office of the Attorney General of Michigan announced felony charges on Thursday against far-right conspiracy…

Tom McKay

PublishedOctober 1, 2020

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Google's Taking on Robocallers With a New Kind of Caller ID

The rise of text-based messaging has caused the public to treat every voice call as potential spam, and the robocall…

Rhett Jones

PublishedSeptember 8, 2020

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Jared Kushner in Fight With Telecom CEOs Over Trump Campaign Texts Blocked By Anti-Spam System

Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and its de facto leader, his son-in-law and Jimmy Neutron wannabe Jared Kushner,…

Tom McKay

PublishedJuly 23, 2020

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T-Mobile's Scam Shield Is the Carrier's Latest Attempt to Shut Down Phone Spam

While no one likes being jerked around on the phone, the amount of spam and robocalls we’re forced to endure is only…

Sam Rutherford

PublishedJuly 16, 2020

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FCC Will Enforce Robocall Crackdown by June 2021

The Federal Communications Commission has announced it’s approved new rules that will require carriers by June of…

Catie Keck

PublishedMarch 31, 2020

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TechPrivacy and Security

FCC Looks to Require Providers Adopt Anti-Robocall Tech—Finally

It seems the Federal Communications Commission is sick of asking nicely for telephone companies to implement…

Alyse Stanley

PublishedMarch 6, 2020

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Hate Those Robocalls? This Service Lets You Sue Them for Up to $3,000 Per Annoying Call

Until now, the majority of us might have simply hung up on robocallers. However, there’s now a way to get back at…

Jody Serrano

PublishedFebruary 16, 2020

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TechTech Policy

Anti-Robocall Bill That, in a Perfect World, Fines Spammers $10,000 Per Call Is Now Law

President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a bill that aims to curb annoying spam robocalls that have…

Andrew Couts

PublishedDecember 31, 2019

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FCC Wants to Fine a Robocaller $10 Million For Spreading Lies About Politician

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed that a robocall firm pay about $10 million in fines for spamming…

Jennings Brown

PublishedDecember 12, 2019

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Apple's Call-Blocking Feature May Be a Little Too Good

Apple’s iOS 13 release is crammed with features we’ve been looking forward to getting our hands on for months—I’m…

Catie Keck

PublishedSeptember 24, 2019

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Big Telecom, Every U.S. State Vow to End America's Robocall Hell

Twelve major phones companies and the attorneys general of every state in the U.S. announced a plan on Thursday…

Dell Cameron

PublishedAugust 22, 2019

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Report: FTC, FCC Squabbled About Who Is Responsible for Cracking Down on VoIP Robocalls

As automated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems fueled a national robocall epidemic estimated at tens of…

Tom McKay

PublishedAugust 18, 2019

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AT&T and T-Mobile Fight Robocall Menace With New Call-Verification Partnership

Mobile users are rightfully exhausted with receiving predatory robocalls, and certainly of getting spoof calls…

Catie Keck

PublishedAugust 14, 2019

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11 Tools You Can Use to Escape Your Robocall Nightmare

If you’re not regularly plagued by unwanted robocalls offering you no end of services, scams, and stuff you don’t…

David Nield

PublishedAugust 12, 2019

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Equifax Payouts, DoorDash Non-Apology, and Hellish Heat: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

If you’re reading this from Europe, congratulations on making it through this week’s ridiculously scorching heatwave!…

Alyse Stanley

PublishedJuly 28, 2019

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A Bipartisan Bill That Could End Our Robocall Hell Just Passed the House 429-3

Two Republicans and one independent were the only holdouts Wednesday as the U.S. House of Representatives passed the …

Dell Cameron

PublishedJuly 24, 2019

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TechTech Policy

Congress Is One Step Closer to Sticking It to Robocallers

A comprehensive robocall-fighting piece of legislation—that would help stop the robocall scourge and prevent…

Jennings Brown

PublishedJuly 17, 2019

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AT&T Is Enabling Its Robocall Blocking Tech by Default

Robocalls are annoying as hell, and thanks to new techniques like caller ID spoofing that makes phone spam appear…

Sam Rutherford

PublishedJuly 10, 2019

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New Phone Bill Prevents Telecoms from Charging Customers to Ban Robocalls

House Republicans and Democrats came together on Thursday to put forth comprehensive legislation designed not only…

Dell Cameron

PublishedJune 20, 2019

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Report: Hospitals and Patients Are Being Plagued by Robocalls

We’re already living in a national robocall nightmare, but at least most of the time, for most of us, dealing with…

Tom McKay

PublishedJune 17, 2019

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