Slashdot Items Tagged "robocalls"

Date / Time Story
Thursday February 01, 2024 @04:45PM FCC To Declare AI-Generated Voices In Robocalls Illegal Under Existing Law
Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:08PM FCC Plays Whack-a-Mole With Telcos Accused of Profiting From Robocalls
Monday October 03, 2022 @05:03PM FCC Threatens To Block Calls From Carriers For Letting Robocalls Run Rampant
Thursday August 04, 2022 @05:01PM US Attorneys General Will Take Legal Action Against Telecom Providers Enabling Robocalls
Saturday July 09, 2022 @12:04AM FCC Cracks Down On Spam 'Auto Warranty' Robocalls
Monday October 04, 2021 @10:33PM FCC Plans To Rein In 'Gateway' Carriers That Bring Foreign Robocalls To US
Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:37AM FCC Asks $5 Million Fine For Activists' Election Robocalls
Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:34PM FCC Fines Two Texas Telemarketers Record $225 Million For Making 1 Billion Robocalls
Tuesday December 08, 2020 @01:08PM Spam Calls Grew 18% This Year Despite the Global Pandemic
Monday July 06, 2020 @04:27PM Supreme Court Upholds Cellphone Robocall Ban
Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:29PM FCC Proposes Record $225 Million Fine For Massive Robocall Campaign
Thursday December 26, 2019 @03:45PM Washington's New Anti-Robocall Law Won't Stop the Calls. Here's Why.
Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:36PM Robocall Fines Rise To $10,000 Per Call Under Newly Passed Law
Thursday December 05, 2019 @02:51PM Lawmakers Are Ready To Crack Down on Robocalls
Tuesday December 03, 2019 @10:04AM People Worldwide Have Received More Than 26 Billion Spam Calls This Year
Tuesday July 09, 2019 @04:08PM AT&T Will Automatically Block Fraud Calls For New Customers
Monday July 08, 2019 @03:24PM Robocall Ban Should Target Texts and Foreign Calls, FCC Chief Says
Tuesday June 25, 2019 @02:53PM US Government Announces Nationwide Crackdown on Robocallers
Thursday June 20, 2019 @03:08PM Bipartisan House Lawmakers Announce Compromise Anti-Robocall Bill
Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:20PM Robocalls Can Now Get Blocked By Your Carrier By Default
Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:48AM FCC Announces Action and Legal Framework To Fight Robocalls
Monday March 11, 2019 @04:14PM John Oliver Fights Robocalls By Robocalling Ajit Pai and the FCC
Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:48PM Americans Got 26.3 Billion Robocalls Last Year, Up 46 Percent From 2017
Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:44AM Spam Calls Jumped Over 300% Globally in 2018
Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:26AM The Story of Lenny, the Internet's Favorite Telemarketing Troll
Friday November 16, 2018 @09:37PM A New Senate Bill Would Hit Robocallers With Up To a $10,000 Fine For Every Call
Monday November 05, 2018 @10:13PM US Regulator Demands Companies Take Action To Halt Robocalls
Thursday October 18, 2018 @09:05AM Number of Robocalls Placed in the US Surged By 50 Percent in the First Half of This Year
Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:26PM State Attorneys Urge FCC To Combat Neighborhood Spoofing
Monday May 07, 2018 @08:48AM Robocalls, and Their Scams, Are Surging
Thursday June 22, 2017 @04:23PM FCC Proposes $120 Million Fine On Florida Robocall Scammer
Friday March 03, 2017 @08:41PM FCC Chair Wants Carriers To Block Robocalls From Spoofed Numbers
Friday July 22, 2016 @03:18PM FCC Calls On Phone Companies To Offer Free Robocall Blocking
Wednesday July 06, 2016 @04:39PM Entire Federal Government Exempt From Robocall Laws, FCC Rules
Saturday January 17, 2015 @01:51PM FCC May Permit Robocalls To Cell Phones -- If They Are Calling a Wrong Number
Thursday January 31, 2013 @02:50PM FTC Gets 744 New Ideas On How To Hang Up On Robocallers
Friday October 19, 2012 @06:35PM FTC Offers $50,000 For Best Way To Stop Robocalls
Tuesday July 10, 2012 @12:38PM FTC To Revisit Robocall Menace
Friday March 16, 2012 @10:32PM Misleading Robocalls Went To Voters ID'd As Non-Tories
Tuesday February 28, 2012 @01:01PM Santorum Defends Robocalls To Democrats
Saturday February 25, 2012 @03:54PM Canada's Conservatives Misled Voters With Massive Robocall Operation
Friday June 17, 2011 @07:14PM Political Robocallers Indicted In Maryland