The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections.
Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand. The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political groups to use artificial or prerecorded voices in unsolicited wireless calls.
The Republican-led FCC advanced the request for public comment and could rule on it as soon as late October.
I think I might just disable the phone app until after the election. Only get spam calls as it is.
If it wasn’t for sms two factor and banks requiring a phone number, we could all basically just use iPads with cellular connectivity these days.