House passes anti-robocall bill in major crackdown on spam calls

House passes anti-robocall bill in major crackdown on spam calls

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/house-anti-robocall-crackdown-spam-calls

Excerpt: The scourge of robocalls is one step closer to being eradicated. In a 429-3 vote, the House of Representatives passed Wednesday a bill that would dramatically crack down on the billions of illegal phone calls plaguing the United States. (...) Besides requiring carriers to implement technology that verifies whether calls are authentic, the measure also requires the FCC to raise the penalty for illegal robocallers from $1,500 per violation to $10,000 per violation. A similar measure in the Senate passed 97-1 earlier this year. [YES! But, it needs to apply to ALL callers, not just the unpopular ones. Ron P.]