EPIC Joins Comment Urging FCC to More Effectively Combat Unwanted Calls, Including Delaying Any Caller Name Display Requirements

On January 5, EPIC and the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) joined a comment filed by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) urging the FCC to protect consumers from unwanted calls in its Ninth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

In the comments, EPIC, NACA, and NCLC argued in support of several measures to better protect consumers, such as mandatory blocking of illegal traffic, withholding from requiring caller name information to be displayed until more reliable safeguards against fraud are established, prohibiting foreign calls using U.S. numbers, requiring clear information about the scope and method of consumers revoking consent to be called, and preserving existing Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules.

EPIC routinely participates in regulatory and legislative processes to reduce robocalls and files amicus briefs in robocall cases.