I assume that banning all robocalls requires new legislation, whereas the regulation mentioned here didn't.
Comment on FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law
schnapsman@feddit.de 9 months ago
If they banned all robocalling, wouldn’t that solve it? Can a prioritisation of quality of life over marketing include the phone space? Four US states ban billboards. With an ad blocker, the internet is usable. Nitpicking which tactics can be used in robocalls won’t hardly solve the vicious spread of misinformation in this way.
Timwi@kbin.social 9 months ago
dirthawker0@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Robocalling isn’t inherently bad. Utilities and such institutions that have your membership (library, gym, health care etc) should be welcome to use robocalling to notify you of useful info like emergencies or changes to their schedules. It’s just the political ads, scams, and sales that need to be made illegal and punishable.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Those scenarios would be better handled through email or text message. Nothing that should be handled by a robocall is urgent enough to warrant disturbing people with a phone call, it should j7at be text or email.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Just pick up the damn phone & call me!
-an elderly neighbor on his frustration with membership text messages from the aquarium
An organization being welcome to use something doesn’t mean it’s necessary for them to do it!
What do you think about national emergencies triggering automated calls to landlines?
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
What do you think about national emergencies triggering automated calls to landlines?
Well that is something that could require immediate action for your safety, so it could make sense. We have a nation-wide civil defense siren system where I live for that kind of stuff, which I believe is a much better solution than cold-calling people who may or may not even be within range of their land line.
dirthawker0@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Personally I want fewer text messages coming up on my mobile. I give a lot of places the landline number precisely to avoid them.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
I personally find calls to be much more annoying and disruptive than a text I can just ignore.
gapbetweenus@feddit.de 9 months ago
Since we have mail and text messages, robo alli g shlould be outlawed by Geneva Convention.
spizzat2@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Thanks for that…
prole@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The thing is, at this point, I’ve been so conditioned to ignore those kinds of calls, and immediately hang up if I accidentally pick one up, that I would probably miss the legitimate calls as well.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Oh, I didn’t realize this was literally Nazi Germany.
A slippery slope where the next thing you know, corporations aren’t people, they’re capping the unlimited anonymous campaign contributions, and ad-supported Neuralink requires informed consent.
YeetPics@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Had me in the first half