This will be as effective as the do not call registry and CAN-SPAM. Which is to say, it will be a sick joke that won’t do shit by design.
Here’s an idea… why not ban all robo-calls?
Because there are legitimate reasons for some robo calls. Appointment reminders and confirmations, school weather closure announcements, two-factor login verification, etc.
It would be a good trade. Lose the few semi-useful legitimate ones to get rid of the overwhelming majority which are malicious scammers and conservative dickbags.
No there isn’t.
Text if school is cancelled. Throw 2fa out the window. Phone numbers are not identity. Text appointment reminders. Literally nothing needs a robo voice that isn’t better as text.
What if you’re blind
Then you clearly don’t matter to Mango.
Blind people use special assistive software on their phones so they can hear text
Radio. Text to speech. Having someone who cares about you.
You want your doctor to broadcast your appointment reminders over the radio?
My doctor can afford to call or text or have a secretary do so.
In 2024, have a human call for reminders for every client every single day for every appointment… yeah right. Enjoy that while it lasts.
I’m sure they’ll expend the effort to track the offenders down and slap them on the wrist.
Fine? They will be happy to pay the fine if it means they can fool thousands of voters.
Fines aren’t enough for this kind of behavior.
Unfortunately, the FCC probably doesn’t have the power to do much more than fine them. It would probably take congress to pass a bill to have jail time or something.
I’m purely guessing though
Reading the article, it sounds like the FCC has enforced similar stuff before. And at up to a $23,000 fine it could add up quickly. And the precedent of previous large fines makes me think this might actually have some teeth.
Alternative title: “FCC set to make record revenue this election season!”
But deceiving people for money is fine? Why this one stipulation? Should just be outright illegal to use deep fake anything to deceive for personal gain, profit, or to hurt others.
“This infringes on advertisers constitutional right to deceive the public for personal gain based on our historical tradition of fucking the average american”-US Supreme Court Conservatives.
Oooh that mighty governmental watchdog the FCC?! Oh man, that’s some serious stuff. The only group more deadly serious than the FCC is the FEC. Now those guys you can’t even look at sideways before they take you down.
Robo-callers usually don’t care at all what the law says. This law will do almost nothing. But it’s the thought that counts.
