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FCC tightens restrictions on robocalls to residential homes

Thursday 31 December 2020 | 13:59 CET | News
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has put out new orders to further limit robocalls, all under its Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (Traced Act).

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