The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections.
Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand. The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political groups to use artificial or prerecorded voices in unsolicited wireless calls.
The Republican-led FCC advanced the request for public comment and could rule on it as soon as late October.
There are so many robocalls now, the emergency phone in our elevator is getting called. Multiple times a day it gets calls for Medicare, extended car insurance, and stuff like that.
Lmao that is so unbelievably cyberpunk/dystopic.