Since we have mail and text messages, robo alli g shlould be outlawed by Geneva Convention.
Comment on FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law
dirthawker0@lemmy.world 9 months agoRobocalling 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.
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.
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
-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
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.