fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFCC slaps $300M fine on “largest illegal robocall operation” it’s ever seenarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1783arrow-down113cross-posted to: tech@kbin.socialtechnology@chat.maiion.comprivacy@chat.maiion.com
arrow-up1770arrow-down1external-linkFCC slaps $300M fine on “largest illegal robocall operation” it’s ever seenarstechnica.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilinkcross-posted to: tech@kbin.socialtechnology@chat.maiion.comprivacy@chat.maiion.com
minus-squarepixelsciencelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·1 year agoYeah, I don’t get why this seemed to be such a huge undertaking. The phone companies certainly know who’s making all these calls on their networks.
minus-squareToribor@corndog.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year ago The phone companies certainly know who’s making all these calls on their networks. Exactly. If the networks faced consequences for knowingly routing and profiting off these illegal phone calls they would stop fairly quickly.
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year agoCause they were complicit.
Yeah, I don’t get why this seemed to be such a huge undertaking. The phone companies certainly know who’s making all these calls on their networks.
Exactly. If the networks faced consequences for knowingly routing and profiting off these illegal phone calls they would stop fairly quickly.
Cause they were complicit.