Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told Congress the agency is looking to expand the use of call authentication protocols that help crack down on robocalling more broadly, while floating the possibility that he may ask for enhanced authorities to take bad actors to court for AI-generated deepfakes over telephone and broadcast networks. While testifying…
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FCC moves to tighten industry reporting rules for robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission is tightening up reporting requirements that are meant to prove agencies are cracking down on robocalling and phone number spoofing. The commission voted Wednesday to adopt new rules that would put in place stricter filing requirements for the Robocall Mitigation Database, a system used by communications providers to report compliance with…