The FCC has proposed an almost $13 million fine for a man it says was behind a series of racist and anti-semitic robocalling campaigns consisting of over 6,000 calls being placed across six states. The man is accused of using anti-semitic and racist tropes to attack political candidates, threaten a newspaper, and stoke racial hatred […]
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T-Mobile and Comcast partner to combat robocalls
T-Mobile and Comcast announced new robocalling protections, saying calls made to and from each other’s networks will be able to be verified as legitimate. To rid the world of scam calls, the FCC and telecom industry are banking on a forthcoming technology called STIR/SHAKEN, which would authenticate calls by exchanging certificates so that your phone knows […]