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title: Rules against robocalls shouldn’t be loosened
metaTitle: "Rules Against Robocalls Shouldnt Be Loosened"
slug: rules-against-robocalls-shouldnt-be-loosened
date: "2018-11-09T14:47:31-06:00"
image:
  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/undefined.webp"
sourcePublisher:
  name: CNN
  url: cnn.it
sourceArticle:
  url: "https://cnn.it/2P18VPf"
tags: [AI, FCC, Robocalls]
status: published
---

November 9, 2018

(CNN) Thirty billion robocalls were made to American consumers in 2017, according to YouMail, a robocall-blocking service. And while robocalls, made with an automated dialer or using a prerecorded or artificial voice, torment Democrats, Republicans and independents alike, even on this issue, Washington leadership has found a way to divide along party lines.

The division is not over whether robocalls generally are a nuisance that should be addressed, but over which robocalls should be stopped. The robocalling industry is pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deregulate all automated robocalls made with a human agent by interpreting the definition for “automated telephone dialing systems” (autodialers) in a way that would not cover any automated systems being used by the callers…