As the scourge of robocalls worsens, top Democrats and Republicans are set to take an early step toward cracking down on it.
The ever-worsening scourge of robocalls is receiving renewed attention in Congress, where top Democrats and Republicans are set to take an early step this week toward cracking down on scammers who prey on people via phone.
The Senate proposal has broad support from some wireless carriers, public-interest advocates, the makers of popular call-blocking smartphone apps and state attorneys general. They see the TRACED Act as a long-overdue attempt to grant the population a robocall reprieve, even if it is limited in scope and won’t alleviate a national telecom nightmare overnight.
, especially during major national events, such as tax deadline day. In record numbers, robocall recipients have complained to the two U.S. agencies that keep watch over the industry: the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, each of which has issuedBut critics say the FCC, as the nation’s chief telecom regulator, still has not acted aggressively enough to halt the deluge.
The proposed law would also set regulators’ sights on carriers — including the big four, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile — giving the companies 18 months to incorporate new technology in their networks that can verify if a call is coming from a real, operable number. The system, known to industry insiders as STIR/SHAKEN, could result in wireless carriers displaying more useful warnings to customers whenever a suspicious call comes in.
Nothing now prevents the FCC from mandating that the country’s telecom carriers adopt technology to authenticate calls, but so far FCC Chairmanto the telecom giants that his agency would “consider regulatory intervention” if companies don’t deploy it by the end of the year. Even the bill’s backers, however, concede the proposal won’t end unwanted robocalls outright. Technology to authenticate calls isn’t likely to stop scammers who buy real phone numbers and use them to assault consumers. Nor does the measure address the credit card companies, student lenders and other legitimate businesses that also ring consumers’ smartphones and landline numbers — legally, if undesirably — throughout the day.
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