The Federal Communications Commission hopes to make hearing about “your car’s extended warranty” a thing of the past as the agency ordered American voice providers to stop carrying phone calls from 13 individuals and six companies accused of sending billions of illegal robocalls since 2018.
The FCC enforcement bureau ordered American companies Thursday to stop servicing several individuals from Texas, California, and even Hungary by taking active steps to mitigate or outright block calls from such individuals.
“Should any voice service provider fail to comply with these obligations and fail to take all necessary steps to avoid carrying suspected illegal robocall traffic made by/on behalf of these individuals and entities, that voice service provider may be deemed to have knowingly and willfully engaged in transmitting unlawful robocalls,”
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