The goal of these new regulations would be to specifically target robocallers who spoof real phone numbers, a problem that has increased significantly in recent years. Per the FCC, as many as 350,000 spam or robocalls are received in the U.S. every three minutes. The organization will hold a vote on whether or not to implement the new rules later this month.
What could make robocalls less common?
Answer: If phone companies authenticated them before they went through.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently proposed new rules that would make it harder for those highly annoying robocalls to get through to your phone. Under the new rules, carriers would have to implement the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, which “enables phone companies to verify the accuracy of caller ID information that is transmitted with a call” so that the carriers can identify spam calls before they reach the recipient’s phone.
The goal of these new regulations would be to specifically target robocallers who spoof real phone numbers, a problem that has increased significantly in recent years. Per the FCC, as many as 350,000 spam or robocalls are received in the U.S. every three minutes. The organization will hold a vote on whether or not to implement the new rules later this month.
The goal of these new regulations would be to specifically target robocallers who spoof real phone numbers, a problem that has increased significantly in recent years. Per the FCC, as many as 350,000 spam or robocalls are received in the U.S. every three minutes. The organization will hold a vote on whether or not to implement the new rules later this month.
