{"id":3474,"date":"2023-03-17T13:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/pennsylvania\/updates\/fcc-approves-first-rules-to-attack-robotexts\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:55:11","slug":"fcc-approves-first-rules-to-attack-robotexts","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/pennsylvania\/updates\/fcc-approves-first-rules-to-attack-robotexts\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC approves first rules to attack robotexts"},"featured_media":46473,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":""},"campaign_tax":[184],"display_option":[],"issue_tax":[],"region_tax":[],"state":[2],"topic_tax":[151],"class_list":["post-3474","update","type-update","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"helper_taxonomies":{"topics":[151],"collection":false,"press_type":false,"person_type":false,"resource_type":false,"event_type":false,"campaigns":184,"department":false,"level":false,"states":[2],"act_option":false,"display_option":false,"primary":{"topic":151}},"featured_image":46473,"caption_override":"","excerpt":"We get 15 billion scam robotexts a month, up from 1 billion a month in 2021.","hide_hero_image":false},"helper_people_group":{"title":"Authors","entities":[{"type":"dynamic","dynamic_person":{"site":16,"people":"128"},"information":{"name":"","image":null,"role":"","biography":"","contact":{"twitter":"","facebook":"","email":"","phone":""}}}]},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finally launched a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-adopts-its-first-rules-focused-scam-texting-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">real attack on robotexts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We\u2019re getting 15 billion scam texts a month now, compared with 1 billion a month in 2021. The FCC will now require all cellphone companies to filter and block text messages that appear to be scams because they appear to come from numbers that are \u201cinvalid, unallocated or unused,\u201d or come from numbers that aren\u2019t used for texting, such those belonging to the IRS or other government offices.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FCC approved the new rules unanimously on Thursday. Commissioner Geoffrey <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> noted during the meeting that texts are an increasingly popular way to communicate and bad actors take advantage of that.\u00a0 FCC Chairwoman Jessica <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosenworcel<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said she believes texts pose a bigger risk than scam calls in many cases because, while you can avoid answering an unexpected call, you can\u2019t help but see a text message on your phone, even if you don\u2019t click on it. And if you do click it, it\u2019s easy for your device to get infected with viruses or malware to steal our information.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scam texts aren\u2019t just annoying; they\u2019re dangerous. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of fraud cases <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/CSN-Data-Book-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported to the Federal Trade Commission last year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 22 percent of scammers used a text to contact potential victims.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FCC on Thursday also voted to require phone companies to do more to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-closes-gap-caller-id-authentication-regime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">block illegal robocalls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including many so-called \u201cintermediate\u201d providers.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robocalls and robotexts remain the No. 1 source of complaints to the FCC.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FCC has stepped up enforcement in the last year, including shutting down and fining phone companies that haven\u2019t made efforts to block scam calls.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s unlikely scam calls or scam texts will go away anytime soon. 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