Same problem as with the US spam. This hardly goes far enough. The fact that
your caller ID is lying is hardly the problem people are bitching so loudly
about. The caller ID can always be made to look authentic and important, if
that's all this FCC finds problematic.
Stop the robodialed calls (sequential or random numbers), FCC. Here's one
legitimate example of telecom blocking that you SHOULD be encouraging, and
instead, you're pussy-footing around with the caller ID aspect only.
Commissioner Rosenworcel seems to be the only one who gets it, in the comments
from the commissioners. Clearly, these vermin are emboldened, when they see an
FCC that is so dysfunctional and corrupt.
Bert
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https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-356202A1.pdf
Media Contact: Will Wiquist, (202) 418-0509
will.wiquist@xxxxxxx
For Immediate Release
FCC PROPOSES RULES TO COMBAT ILLEGAL SPOOFED TEXT MESSAGES & INTERNATIONAL CALLS
-- WASHINGTON, February 14, 2019-The Federal Communications Commission today
proposed rules banning illegal spoofed text messages and international calls.
The proposed rules would enable the agency to address consumer concerns about
unwanted text messages and scam calls from overseas.
The Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 prohibits anyone from transmitting
misleading or inaccurate caller ID information ("spoofing") with the intent to
defraud, cause harm, or wrongly obtain anything of value. However, until the
recent passage of the RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018, these consumer protections did
not extend to text messages or international calls. Today's proposed rules
would implement this new legislation, extending these prohibitions to short
message service (SMS) and multimedia message service (MMS) text messages, calls
originating from outside the United States to recipients within the United
States, and additional types of voice calls, such as one-way interconnected
VoIP calls.
Unwanted calls-including malicious spoofed calls and illegal robocalls-are the
top consumer complaint the FCC receives each year, accounting for over 60
percent of the total complaints received. Combatting these unwanted calls is
the agency's top consumer protection priority. The FCC's enforcement of the
Truth in Caller ID Act resulted in over $200 million in fines issued in 2018
alone.
Today's proposed rules, if adopted, would ensure that the FCC is also able to
bring enforcement actions against bad actors who spoof text messages and
spoofers who seek out victims in this country from overseas. The Commission
received more than 52,000 complaints about spoofed calls in 2018. It is widely
believed that many spoofed calls originate from overseas call centers.
While there are necessary and legal uses of spoofing technology, it can also be
a powerful tool used by scam callers to trick consumers into answering calls
and deceive them into thinking that the scammer is calling from a legitimate
entity. To learn more about spoofing, visit our consumer guide at:
https://www.fcc.gov/spoofing.
Action by the Commission February 14, 2019 by Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(FCC 1913).
Chairman Pai, Commissioners O'Rielly, Carr, Rosenworcel, and Starks approving
and issuing separate statements.
WC Docket Nos. 18-335, 11-39
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