• [telecom] FCC proposes $5 million fine against political robocallers

    From danny burstein@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 24 23:33:24 2021
    [news story, with links to it and the FCC release]

    FCC looks to fine conservative activists $5 million for
    false mail voting robocalls

    The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $5.1 million fine against conservative activists Jacob Wohl and John Burkman and J.M. Burkman & Associations for making 1,141 unlawful robocalls that made false claims
    about mail voting, the agency said on Tuesday.

    "Did you know that if you vote by mail, your personal information will
    be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to
    track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debts?" the call says, before also erroneously claiming the
    CDC might use such data to enforce mandatory vaccines.
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    rest of NBC story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fcc-looks-to-fine-conservative-activists-5-million-for-false-mail-voting-robocalls/ar-AANHOMf

    FCC: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-375180A1.pdf

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