Re: Slashdot item on robocall - FTC summit [telecom]

There's an item on slashdot today "FTC To Revisit Robocall Menace" that

> will be of interest. Includes a pointer to an item in Germany about a > woman who was fined for blowing a whistle into the phone, allegedly > damaging the hearing of a worker at a junk call company. Someone noted > that required the allegedly injured person to identify herself and > presumably her company, so the woman should have sued the company for > harassment.

I checked the article, and it turns out that there are several stories about the FTC and Robocalls on Slashdot. I'll have to start reading it again!

The one Jim cites is about the upcoming "summit" to address the robocall problem:

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There's also a story from June, about the FTC taking action against SBN Peripherals for sending out as many as 27 calls per second:
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Another story from June details legal action against "auto warranty" salesmen:
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Last, a March story about the FTC's intention to target auto-warrenty hustlers:
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... all of which is good news, even if it did take an election year to get the ftc moving.

Bill

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