FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provider One Owl

Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by joering2 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:41PM (#36978013)

There are literally gangs going store to store looting gas stations, electronics stores, CVS, etc in Los Angeles, Florida and New York, at least. Very easy to find videos of looting in bright daylight on YouTube, TikTok, etc. I read somewhere California passed the law the cops won't show up for less than $500 of damage/theft being done. I am obviously NOT saying this is all good, but what I am getting at, this is happening and its becoming widely acceptable, at least to our government/officials. Sad.

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Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by tehwebguy on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:44PM (#36978060)

Weird how police are the most funded they've ever been (every year going back like a hundred years with rare and negligible exceptions) and yet they are so bad at stopping this alleged crime wave.

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Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by capitainenemo on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:55PM (#36978204)

I think they're referring to California upping the cutoff for shoplifting being a misdemeanor to $950. A quick search found this (right leaning) source that might have been the one they were reading. https://www.hoover.org/research/why-shoplifting-now-de-facto...

Police tend to spend a lot less time on misdemeanors for obvious reasons, so makes sense why funding wouldn't impact that much.

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Re:FCC allows blocking traffic from robocall-friendly provid... by m-ee on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:21PM (#36978559)

Looting a couple handbags or iPhones easily gets you over the felony limit, still no action. The police in the Bay Area just really don’t want to do their jobs unless there’s a gun involved. The law change provides a convenient scapegoat but doesn’t actually explain the inaction.

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