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FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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379 points impish9208 | 5 comments | 25 Aug 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.226s | source
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coldpie ◴[25 Aug 25 16:14 UTC] No.45015453[source]▶
Good start. Next, put the people running these scam phone providers in jail.
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jacobr1 ◴[25 Aug 25 16:28 UTC] No.45015616[source]▶
How many are based in the US and subject to US-based prosecution?
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coldpie ◴[25 Aug 25 16:33 UTC] No.45015683[source]▶
Why can someone from outside the US make my phone ring? Why can't I opt out of calls sourced internationally? Seems like an easy way to fix the problem. There is no reason for anyone overseas to call me, and if someone US-based does phone spamming, we can prosecute them.
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1. ajross ◴[25 Aug 25 17:30 UTC] No.45016379[source]▶
An easy way to "fix" the problem for closet dwelling US nerds like us who've decided we don't want to use the telephone anymore. Everyone else in the world isn't like us, and have to actually use their phones to talk to real people everywhere. Pretty much everyone has family abroad, etc... This just isn't a serious suggestion.

Which is why this is likely to end up getting rolled back. Surely most of these providers are dominated by spam. But equally surely all of them carry some legitimate traffic (or else this particular trigger would have been pulled already).

There will be friendly fire from this policy decision, almost certainly.

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3. coldpie ◴[25 Aug 25 18:06 UTC] No.45016852[source]▶
I'd love a solution that would fix the problem for everyone, sure, but since the evidence is that is apparently impossible, I'll happily take one that only helps a subset.
4. vel0city ◴[25 Aug 25 18:24 UTC] No.45017135[source]▶
> Pretty much everyone has family abroad

In the US? Most normie people I know barely even know anyone that's visited overseas anywhere other than Canada and Mexico, much less stay connected to family living abroad. Tons of people don't even regularly talk to people outside of state they live in.

Don't get me wrong it's not entirely uncommon and can be common in immigrant communities but outside of that unless you've got wealthy globe-trotting family you probably don't have anyone to talk to overseas. Its something far from "pretty much everyone".

5. BobaFloutist ◴[25 Aug 25 22:23 UTC] No.45019859[source]▶
>Pretty much everyone has family abroad, etc

Yeah, and they use Whatsapp, Telegram, or Facetime, or Messenger to connect.