Wireless companies have had until the last day of June to implement call authentication technology to stop robocalls. They must tell the Federal Communications Commission whether they are complying with the agency’s requirements — risking possible penalties.
The deadline comes under new Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a lawyer who wants wireless carriers to know she’s serious about cracking down.
“Oh my gosh, they’re so annoying,” Rosenworcel said of robocalls to CBS News Consumer Investigative Correspondent Anna Werner. “We want to stop robocalls and make it easier for consumers to safely answer the phone.”
Rosenworcel said the new FCC regulation is a “crucial” step to stopping scammers.
“What that means is when a call is being made, a carrier can tell that it really is the person who they say they are on the line,” she said.
In April, the FCC required wireless companies to report whether they’re complying under penalty of perjury.
“I want you on record saying that you are doing these things to stop robocalls. And if you lie to us, we’re going to come after you,” Rosenworcel vowed.
Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, said the FCC “is done playing.”
GOOD !! because they have not done a Damn things since the Law Passed !!!! Still get fkkking ROBO calls !!!!!
So correct. And what happen reference the law that passed years ago to keep the sound down on TV commercials? It finally passed and was to take two years to go into effect. Probably been ten now and has never happen. Not a thing has changed, still loud.
Stop looking at porn all the time and you won’t get as many.