President Donald Trump has signed a new law aimed at tackling the scourge of illegal robocalls. The bipartisan legislation expanded the power of the Federal Communications Commission to deter spam calls and reinforced the responsibility of individual phone companies to protect their own consumers.
President Donald Trump has signed a new law aimed at tackling the scourge of illegal robocalls.
The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, or TRACED Act, increases fines on spam robocallers from $1,500 to as much as $10,000 per illegal call. It also requires phone companies speed up their adaptation of"call authentication technologies" to verify that incoming calls are legitimate before ever reaching consumers, a point Mahoney said is a"big victory.
Another key takeaway from the new legislation is that it allows the FCC four years to intervene and collect fines after an illegal robocall takes place instead of only one, as with previous legislation. The additional time may prove helpful. According to the Wall Street Journal, the FCC collected only 0.003 percent of the fines it imposed between 2015 and early 2019.
While Mahoney praises the final legislation overall, she told The AP that robocallers may exploit some protection gaps that were lost between the House and Senate versions -- such as a mandate to clarify that the consumer give or withdraw consent to telemarketers.
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