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.

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[–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

There are so many robocalls now, the emergency phone in our elevator is getting called. Multiple times a day it gets calls for Medicare, extended car insurance, and stuff like that.

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