FCC proposes fining conspiracists $5.1M for voter suppression robocalls

Re:FCC proposes fining conspiracists $5.1M for voter suppres... by alistairSH on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:02AM (#28302505)

The DNC list doesn't work. Scammers ignore it. Politicians are exempt. Any nominal business relationship is also exempt.

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Re:FCC proposes fining conspiracists $5.1M for voter suppres... by bluGill on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:22AM (#28302770)

> Politicians are exempt

True, but they mostly call you if the polls are closing and your haven't voted yet.

> Any nominal business relationship is also exempt.

true, but here again they have a relationship and are at least somewhat useful. They also aren't robo calls, but a real person spending their time calling you so they won't abuse your time like robo calls do.

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Re:FCC proposes fining conspiracists $5.1M for voter suppres... by alistairSH on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:43AM (#28303085)

I get a constant stream of political push-poll callers from both major parties.

As for the business calls - it's a lot of car warranty crap and similar mostly useless, borderline scammy sales pitches.

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Re:FCC proposes fining conspiracists $5.1M for voter suppres... by bluGill on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @11:52AM (#28303212)

Your business calls are scams and nothing to do with the legitimate businesses with an established relationship.

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