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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by iamthirsty on Saturday November 09, 2019 @10:06PM (#21496147)
Telecoms aren't responsible for who uses their service, or what they do on it—thats why they are classified as a utility.
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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by rtpg on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:13PM (#21496359)
Sure, but there could be DMCA-style “you’re not liable, unless we point it out to you and you don’t act on the information” mechanisms.

It feels super reasonable to ask for telecoms to blacklist stuff after complaints

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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by salawat on Sunday November 10, 2019 @02:03PM (#21499530)
They are currently empowered to do that already. You just have to give explicit consent.
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Re:The FCC Has Fined Robocallers $208M, Collected $6,790 by deelowe on Sunday November 10, 2019 @01:43AM (#21496768)
Can we get that same logic applied to data transmissions occurring on the same circuits then?
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