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Re:FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 by colejohnson66 on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:29PM (#25258553)
STIR/SHAKEN was, in essence, signed into law (as the TRACED Act) just about a year ago in December 2019. The FCC approved the mandate March 31 this year with a deadline of implementation June 30, 2021 (2022 for smaller carriers).

So to say he’s done nothing is very not true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STIR/SHAKEN

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Re:FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 by dredmorbius on Monday November 30, 2020 @03:38PM (#25258653)
Robocalls have been a notable concern dating to 2008:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=robocall...

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Re:FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 by souprock on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:41PM (#25259385)
That would be 8 years prior to Ajit Pai. If it makes him incompetent, it also makes his predecessor incompetent.

The fact that STIR/SHAKEN required a new law should be a big hint that the FCC Chairman didn't have the power to fix the issue.

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Re:FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 by dredmorbius on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:45PM (#25259437)
It means that the problem was highly evident by the time Pai arrived. Taking four years to build political concensis on a decade-old problem sufficient to result in STIR/SHAKEN, dependent or not on Congress, isn't a laudable achievement.
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