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House, Senate announce agreement on anti-robocall bill | TheHill
Key lawmakers in the House and Senate on Friday announced they have drawn up a bill to stave off the scourge of robocalls in the U.S., expressing optimism that the negotiated legislation "can be signed into law by the President."
The long-awaited anti-robocall bill, which has not been made public in its final form yet, would allow telephone carriers to block robocalls — spam calls often aimed at stealing personal information from vulnerable populations — in a "consistent and transparent" way without charging consumers any extra money, according to Friday statement from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a top member of the Senate Commerce Committee, among others.
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This legislation, if ultimately implemented by phone carriers, is sorely needed.
I have Verizon VOIP & called to complain about the number of robocalls we were getting, like fax machines & credit card interest scammers. The tech turned me on to a FREE service called NOMOROBO. It works pretty well. Once you have a number blocked, you only get one ring & the caller gets some kind of goofy message. There is a screen on which you can add new numbers & delete good numbers that have been somehow blocked. And you can't beat FREE.
Key lawmakers in the House and Senate on Friday announced they have drawn up a bill to stave off the scourge of robocalls in the U.S., expressing optimism that the negotiated legislation "can be signed into law by the President."
The long-awaited anti-robocall bill, which has not been made public in its final form yet, would allow telephone carriers to block robocalls — spam calls often aimed at stealing personal information from vulnerable populations — in a "consistent and transparent" way without charging consumers any extra money, according to Friday statement from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a top member of the Senate Commerce Committee, among others.
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This legislation, if ultimately implemented by phone carriers, is sorely needed.
I have Verizon VOIP & called to complain about the number of robocalls we were getting, like fax machines & credit card interest scammers. The tech turned me on to a FREE service called NOMOROBO. It works pretty well. Once you have a number blocked, you only get one ring & the caller gets some kind of goofy message. There is a screen on which you can add new numbers & delete good numbers that have been somehow blocked. And you can't beat FREE.