FCC Backs Off Plan to Gut Robocall Protections
Proposed rule change would have ended the right to tell robocallers to “stop calling.”
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New Rules Will Make Robocalls Impossible to Stop
Proposed FCC rule would eliminate the right to tell robocallers to stop calling.
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ConsumerAffairs: Consumer groups warn of 'unstoppable' glut of robocalls if rules are weakened
Appearing in ConsumerAffairs on Oct. 20, 2025, James R. Hood quotes NCLC Senior Attorney Patrick Crotty in coverage of a coalition letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to abandon plans that would roll back key safeguards against unwanted robocalls. The groups warned that the proposal would strip consumers and small business owners of two…
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FCC Proposal Could Unleash Unstoppable Robocalls
Advocates urge Commission to rethink proposal to delete important protections for consumers and small business owners
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Congress Cracks Down on Spam Offers Targeting Homebuyers
Consumer Advocates Celebrate Sen. Reed’s Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, Ending the Sale of Prospective Homebuyers’ Contact Information.
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Advocates to FCC: Don’t ‘Delete’ Protections Against Unwanted Robocalls and Texts
A coalition of consumer and privacy advocacy organizations told the FCC to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal calls and text messages.
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Digital Library: Strict New Limits on Prerecorded Debt Collection Calls Effective July 20
Effective July 20, 2023, the FCC has placed strict new limits on the number of prerecorded collection calls that a debt collector can send to a consumer’s landline. Importantly, consumers have powerful remedies for violations (statutory damages of $500 to $1500 per call), because the new FCC rule is promulgated under the Telephone Consumer Protection…
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How Important Calls Regarding Medicaid Renewals Can be Made Legally
FCC must protect consumers from scam health insurance calls while facilitating HHS calls to remind Medicaid recipients to reenroll.
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More than a Dozen Consumer and Privacy Groups Urge FCC to Stop Unwanted Text Messages
Advocates say Commission must act to preserve and expand protections against unwanted, dangerous, or illegal text messages WASHINGTON – The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), along with sixteen other national and state consumer and privacy groups representing a broad swath of individual telephone subscribers across the United States,…
