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  • EPIC Joins NCLC Coalition Reply Comments on Robotexts and Online Consents

    EPIC joined NCLC's coalition comments urging the FCC not to proceed with its proposed modified rules and instead enforce the stronger, existing rules regarding consent to receive texts and prerecorded telemarketing calls.

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  • NCLC Coalition Reply Comments on Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages (FNPRM)

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  • EPIC, NCLC Urge FCC to Rein In Number Brokering to Better Combat Robocalls

    EPIC and NCLC urged the FCC to expand its focus on caller ID authentication to include curtailing short-term rentals of phone numbers which can bypass caller ID authentication rules.

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  • In re: Call Authentication Trust Anchor (6th FNPRM)

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  • In re: Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages (FNPRM)

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  • EPIC, NCLC, and Partners Urge FCC to More Aggressively Combat Robotexts, Not Weaken Existing Rules

    The comments support the FCC requiring providers to block traffic from upstream providers that ignore notice of illegal traffic, propose a set of minimum standards for text message campaigns with links, and codify DNC application to texts.

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  • In a First, FCC Disconnects Provider for Failure to Block Robocalls

    For the first time, the FCC cut off a gateway provider from other networks for failing to comply with its call blocking rules and failing to respond the Enforcement Bureau's Notification of Suspected Illegal Traffic.

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  • FCC Approves Robocall and Robotext Rules, Will Consider Resticting Sale of Consumer Contact Info in Further Rulemaking

    The FCC's robocall order expands its requirements for Caller ID authentication and for robocall mitigation plans in the RMD; its robotext order requires blocking text from numbers on a DNO list.

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  • Public Knowledge: Public Knowledge Commends FCC Vote To Protect Consumers from Illegal and Unwanted Calls and Texts

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  • Law360: Judge Says Cellphones Aren’t Subject To Do Not Call Limits

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