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FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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379 points impish9208 | 10 comments | 25 Aug 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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SilverElfin ◴[25 Aug 25 17:13 UTC] No.45016170[source]▶
I get relentless text and phone spam calls - both robotic and with humans - from just a few voice over Internet platforms. Bandwidth.com, Neutral Tandem, and ALL the brands associated with Sinch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinch_AB) like Inteliquent. Many of these companies got cease and desist orders in the past from the FTC. It didn’t help anything. We need to see them fined, shut down, and executives jailed.
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1. reactordev ◴[25 Aug 25 17:18 UTC] No.45016242[source]▶
Shut one down, another pops up in its place.
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2. homeonthemtn ◴[25 Aug 25 17:21 UTC] No.45016287[source]▶
Ok shut that one down too.
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3. AnimalMuppet ◴[25 Aug 25 17:25 UTC] No.45016326[source]▶
Shut that one down and jail the execs too. The number of people willing to take that chance is finite; it is more finite when the penalty is seen to be consistently applied.
4. klipklop ◴[25 Aug 25 17:26 UTC] No.45016337[source]▶
Not if we actually put the people financing these companies in prison.
5. SilverElfin ◴[25 Aug 25 17:33 UTC] No.45016415[source]▶
Sinch just keeps acquiring one company after the other and turning them into the new spam channel. Weirdly the only responsible player seems to be Twilio. The others refuse to identify the spammers that are their customers, and keep saying it’s not their responsibility since they’re a “wholesaler” (their words).
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6. singpolyma3 ◴[25 Aug 25 17:41 UTC] No.45016511[source]▶
Twilio has historically been a customer of these other companies, so not really at the same level. Though that's been changing recently
7. 0xTJ ◴[25 Aug 25 18:31 UTC] No.45017226[source]▶
This is why executives need to be held personally responsible when they direct a company to wilfully, blatantly, and repeatedly disregard laws to the detriment of society. These are people who should be in prison for a time, and barred from serving as an officer of a corporation for more time after that. Eventually people get the message; you don't get to break laws just because you hide behind the name of a company.
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8. idiotsecant ◴[25 Aug 25 19:26 UTC] No.45017891[source]▶
Those people are who the entire system is built to benefit. They won't be held accountable in most countries.
9. mulmen ◴[25 Aug 25 19:55 UTC] No.45018239[source]▶
Death to good, long live perfection!
10. BobaFloutist ◴[25 Aug 25 22:16 UTC] No.45019780[source]▶
"Limited Liability" should not mean "No Liability"