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Consumer Law,
Technology

Jun. 24, 2024

Goodbye robotexts, hello consumer safety

New Federal Communications Commission rules require wireless carriers to block unvetted mass text messages.

Anita Taff-Rice

Founder, iCommLaw

Technology and telecommunications

1547 Palos Verdes Mall # 298
Walnut Creek , CA 94597-2228

Phone: (415) 699-7885

Email: anita@icommlaw.com

iCommLaw(r) is a Bay Area firm specializing in technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity matters.

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Long ago when facsimile machines were a new and exciting technology, scammers found a way to abuse them. So-called junk faxes announcing great wealth opportunities, or the latest fake gizmo, were printed out on facsimile machines across America. There was an outcry because junk faxes burned through paper and ink and the Federal Communications Commission took action to ban them – notably after the FCC itself began receiving junk faxes.

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