robocall
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Company Behind Billions of Robocalls Is Being Sued by Nearly Every State
Robocalls are a nuisance to everyone with a cell phone, and the national Do Not Call Registry is apparently no help. Justice may be served, however, as 49 attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against a company they accuse of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the Do Not Call Registry.
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FCC Is Ready to Block Calls From Telecoms That Ignore the Robocall Plague
We’ve all gotten the calls: IRS and insurance-themed scams beamed to your phone via spoofed numbers from your area code. On some days, the robocalls can feel endless — a tidal wave of spam barraging my back pocket. I’ve been known to leave my phone on perma-silent for days at a time because of the…
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Twitter User Hit With Criminal Charges for Memetic Voter Suppression in 2016 Election
If the online MAGA army wasn’t nervous before today, the U.S. Department of Justice just gave them a good reason to tighten their sphincters. In a surprising announcement, DOJ officials said on Wednesday that they’ve charged a prominent Twitter user with taking part in a conspiracy to trick citizens into not voting during the 2016…