Carriers will be required to block text messages that come from "invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers ... consumer's phone," the FCC said. FCC closes gap in Caller ID authentication The ...

as well as proposals that would require mobile phone carriers to implement caller ID authentication standards for text messages. Public comments on the FCC’s proposed rulemaking are due within ...

The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on spammy text messages with new rules for telecom companies, citing a surge of consumer complaints in recent years tied to unwanted robotexts.

In the Notice, the FCC states that it is receiving an increasing number of consumer complaints ... FCC might move to apply caller ID authentication standards to text messaging.

SO BEING A NICE PERSON YOU THINK IT’S PRETTY IMPORTANT SO YOU RESPOND BACK THAT THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT TO THE WRONG NUMBER NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE BEING DRAWN INTO A CONTINUING TEXT ...

Robocalls and spam calls are more than just an inconvenience—they’re a growing threat to your time, privacy, and even ...

In 2020, the FCC received approximately 14,000 consumer complaints about unwanted text messages ... to the Truth in Caller ID Act, which bars harmful spoofing of numbers. Texts, however, have ...

Anyone who's ever gotten an "urgent" message from an unknown number knows the growing scourge presented by text fraud. Now the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking important steps to ...

The FCC says complaints about text message scams have increased more than 500% in recent years, from around 3,300 in 2015 to nearly 19,000 in 2022. “Scam artists have found that sending us ...

However, according to the FCC, if you text “STOP” to a political ... because it comes from a familiar phone number or area code. Spammers use caller ID spoofing to make it appear the text ...

Since the three-digit number launched in July ... There is currently no requirement for text contacts to the Lifeline to be georouted. However, the FCC also voted to propose and begin seeking ...