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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Appeals Court to Hear Oral Argument on FCC Regulations Protecting Affordable Communication for Incarcerated People
Advocates warn families could lose essential connections to incarcerated loved ones.
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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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Consumer, Privacy Groups Request Full Court Rehearing in 11th Circuit Decision to Overturn Telemarketing Rule
Groups call for en banc rehearing to reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision to vacate the FCC's One-to-One Consent Rule.
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After FCC Abandons Popular Telemarketing Rule, Consumers Take Action to Save It
Small business owners and consumer advocates stepped up to save a popular anti-robocall rule.
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Marketplace: Why do you still get unwanted calls from telemarketers?
Appearing in Marketplace on February 7, 2025, Janet Nguyen talks to NCLC senior attorney Margot Saunders about why consumers still receive unwanted telemarketing robocalls. The FCC bans spoofing with ill intent, but the agency only has so many resources to handle complaints. Telemarketers will claim they got consent to make their calls. But telemarketers often ask…
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Consumers' Checkbook: Margot Saunders Discusses a New FCC Rule that Requires Phone Companies to Block Some Robotexts
Airing on May 11, 2023, Herb Weisbaum invites Margot Saunders to discuss new Federal Communication Commission rules and what more can be done to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal robocalls and texts. “The FCC needs to identify a way of regulating those texts and limiting the texts that contain those links that have not…
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Victory! FCC Agrees with NCLC Advocates: Ringless Voicemail Covered by Robocall Rules
This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made “crystal clear” that ringless voicemail is subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and to the same rules prohibiting callers from making calls to cellphones without consumers first providing consent. In a Declaratory Ruling, the FCC highlighted comments submitted by NCLC, writing, “We thus agree with…
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Prison and Jail Phone Justice Advocates Applaud FCC’s Action to Affirm Rights for People with Disabilities
Advocates say this action is long overdue and necessary to ensure people with disabilities have access to communications while incarcerated. Today, civil rights leaders and advocacy organizations working across various issues in criminal legal and prison reform are commending the Federal Communications Commission’s order on prison communications, particularly the long-awaited action to affirm the rights…
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