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FCC slaps $300M fine on “largest illegal robocall operation” it’s ever seen (arstechnica.com)
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[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Good to see the FCC going after this kind of thing. Put them in jail even better.

I have my phone set up so the only numbers that chime the phone are those in my contact list. The abuse of voice and text on the cell network is rampant and it's equivalent to trespassing.