FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provider One Owl

Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by reaperducer on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:50PM (#36976295)

1. Require a $10 million dollar 5 year bond to start one of these companies. If the company engages in facilitating robocalling, the bond is forfeit

This is how you get people on HN to start howling "regulatory capture!"

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Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @04:08PM (#36976583)

That used to be the case of the HN hivemind maybe three, four years ago (just noticed, my account is over ten years old, WTF).

IMO, I think the general vibe here started to shift back with the Jan 6th putsch attempt, and completely turned during the Russian war: undeniable signs showing how far a situation can escalate when malicious actors are left to roam free, and that a truly free market requires at least some sort of regulation as guardrails.

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Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by pessimizer on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:20PM (#36978537)

What does the FCC have to do with the mobility scooter coup?

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Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by mschuster91 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:54AM (#36983621)

I responded to a person who said that usually HN would cry about regulations... which is a viewpoint I have seen diminish over the last years in popularity and offered an explanation why that may be the case.

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