Two days before the 2024 New Hampshire Democratic primary, thousands of voters received robocalls, purportedly in the voice of President Joe Biden, telling them not to vote in the upcoming election.
The prerecorded...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again set its sights on artificial intelligence (AI), proposing consumer protections in the use of AI-generated content in robocalls and robotexts. Illegal robocalls and...more
8/16/2024
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Comment Period ,
Enforcement ,
FCC ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated robocalls may trick some consumers into thinking they are being called by a human being, but the Federal Communications Commission clarified in a recent AI Declaratory Ruling that it...more
2/16/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
FCC ,
Marketing ,
New Regulations ,
Notice of Inquiry ,
Privacy Laws ,
Robocalling ,
Spoofing ,
TCPA ,
Technology ,
Telecommunications
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) recently denied a petition to review a 2020 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that permitted callers to place commercial...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently adopted certain final rules, policies, and proposed rules (Order) to “stem the tide of foreign-originated illegal robocalls.” In the FCC’s crosshairs are so-called “gateway...more
In Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid et al., the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition of “automatic telephone...more
Shortly after his inauguration, President Biden appointed Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as acting chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel is expected to pursue the...more
2/2/2021
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Acquisitions ,
Biden Administration ,
Broadcasting ,
Caller ID Services ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Divide ,
Disabilities ,
Emergency Response ,
Enforcement ,
FCC ,
Infrastructure ,
Media ,
Mergers ,
Net Neutrality ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Relief Measures ,
Robocalling ,
Spam ,
Telecommunications ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration
The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted new measures to combat unwanted robocalls in a unanimous Declaratory Ruling and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The Declaratory Ruling clarifies that carriers can...more
Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) issued its long-awaited decision in ACA International v. Federal Communications Commission, No. 15-1211 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 16, 2018). The...more
Unsolicited robocalls are the top consumer complaint made to the Federal Communications Commission, which receives over 200,000 complaints a year. An estimated 2.5 billion robocalls are being made to consumers each month,...more
8/1/2017
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Call Blocking ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Fraud ,
FCC ,
Notice of Inquiry ,
NPRM ,
Public Comment ,
Robocalling ,
Spoofing ,
Unsolicited Phone Calls