Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the agency says. I’m pretty sure this puts us on the timeline where we eventually get incredible, futuristic tech, but computers and robots still sound mechanical and fake.
just fucking declare robocalls illegal, jesus
lewdian69@lemmy.world 9 months ago
How does this get enforced though? They don’t even enforce their no call list or cut down on junk robo calls as it is.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Don’t undersell the FCC’s rules around robocalling. No, we’re still getting robocalls out the ass, but when it comes from US locations companies get their asses handed to them. The FCC is also the entity that’s pushing the telcos to Make it possible to stop it from overseas sources. The new laws that went in place this year f***** up my twilio automation that was sending me SMS messages on server failures. All of a sudden I have a bunch of paperwork to fill out and a waiting list to be able to send an SMS via API.
If the FCC wasn’t impeding robocalls as much as it is phones would be useless by now.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
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bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 9 months ago
For the past 2 weeks I have been getting calls from a company claiming to register companies for voice search optimization. I’ve repeatedly told them to stop calling me, to which they respond that the calls won’t relent until I sign up with their service. I’ve been threatened, mocked, and just straight hung up on, so now I enjoy just waisting as much of their time as possible. I filed a complaint last week, so I’m just logging all their calls to increase the inevitable fine (they’re US based, all of the agents are clearly American).
prole@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I feel like most of the decent filtering of these types of calls are happening at the carrier level at this point. At least in my experience. They’ve been getting better at filtering them out before your phone even rings…
But I’m not sure that’s how it should be. This is why regulatory agencies exist in the first place. What’s the point if there is zero enforcement?
gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
I also had the same setup and the same result from the A2P bullshit. Switched to email and DeltaChat instead and will be happy when I finish it lol.
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Most robo calls are not illegal as long as you follow the rules the FTC laid down.
This would have ban AI generated voices, so regardless of the content of the robo call, if it used in AI voice it would be illegal.
thantik@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I need a citation for this “most”, because if I recall correctly, “most” people are getting the illegal kind of robo calls, not the legal kind.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
If the origin of the call is outside the US it’s much harder to prosecute the illegal calls
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 9 months ago
But how stupid would you have to be to take a call from half way around the world and listen to them giving you advice about the upcoming election? A phone call that claims to come from a local politician is a lot more believable if it comes from a local number.
Nobody@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Exactly. Laws have no meaning if you don’t enforce them or enforce them selectively.