NO MORE PHONE SPAM: The proposal would also reassert that consumers have to agree to receive automated calls and texts and clarify that they can revoke their consent in any "reasonable" way, including a simple request for calls to stop, without the need to file convoluted paperwork.
WASHINGTON: The top US telecommunications regulator wants to make it harder for telemarketers and other businesses to place unwanted robocalls and text messages under proposed changes to autodialing rules.
The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote on June 18 on the proposal, which would give legal cover to telephone companies to offer consumers technologies that would block robocalls, regardless of where they originate.
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