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2 months, 2 weeks ago

'I am sick of them': GOP's nonstop spamming of 'abused' small-dollar donors backfires

For years, Republican small-dollar donors have faced a barrage of spam text messages from political campaigns begging them to send them cash -- and now it may be coming back to haunt them. The Associated Press reports that "Donald Trump’s contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last White House campaign" and the reason appears to be that donors …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Airtel’s AI tool sniffs out 115 million spam calls, 3.6 million spam messages on day 1

Live Mint

Bharti Airtel identified more than 115 million spam calls and 3.6 million spam messages on its network on Thursday, when it launched an AI-backed spam detection tool, people aware of the development told Mint. The tool, a potential rival to Sweden’s Truecaller app, which identifies and blocks spam, alerts customers in real time to all suspected spam calls and messages. …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tired of text spam from political fundraisers? Here’s what to do

LA Times

“Hi, we chose you for our Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Every time you post or retweet or like some type of political content, it helps the marketers build a profile to which they can target you based on your strongest interests and leanings.” Added Chad Peace of IVC Media, a digital communications company based in San Diego, “There are thousands …

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6 months ago

TRAI orders telcos to make spam reporting convenient

The Hindu

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday ordered telecom providers to make it easier to report pesky calls and SMS messages — that is, all ‘unsolicited commercial communications’ — under the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018. TRAI is essentially ordering telcos to allow complaints against such calls and texts to be “automatically populated” on the firms’ apps. …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Modi govt forms committee to draft guidelines to address issue of unsolicited calls, spam messages

India TV News

The government has announced the formation of a committee to draft guidelines aimed at tackling the problem of pesky, promotional, or unsolicited calls received by consumers, which infringe upon their privacy rights. "To address the issue of pesky/promotional or unsolicited commercial calls received by the consumers, the Department of Consumer Affairs has constituted a Committee," an official statement said. Efforts …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The FCC is cracking down on scammy robotexts. What that means for you

LA Times

A new FCC rule should prevent more of these kinds of spam text messages from reaching your phone. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a rule that requires mobile phone companies to block texts that are “highly likely to be illegal.” That includes texts from spoofed or non-working numbers, which spammers frequently rely on for their bulk messages. Once …

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1 year, 10 months ago

TRAI tells telcos to crack down on SMS spammers

The Hindu

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday asked telecom operators to crack down on spammers that were slipping past protections introduced in recent years. In a press release, the authority said it had issued two orders under the Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulations, 2018, and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. TRAI ordered telcos to disallow …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Telstra rolls out SMS scam filter in response to surge in dodgy mobile phone texts

ABC

Telstra is responding to a surge in scam messages on its network with a filter designed to block the texts before they reach mobile devices. Key points: Losses from SMS scams have increased 421 per cent in the past year Telecoms providers have been under increasing pressure from government to take action Telstra's system works like an email spam filter, …

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3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 volunteers are being subjected to spam, scam and scum; here’s a Doosra option

Firstpost

Here’s a safe and peaceful way to volunteer and share your number without getting spammed or harassed. An online service called Doosra lets you generate a secondary mobile number. In a situation where you have to call someone but you don’t want to use your primary number for it, Doosra offers a limit of 100 minutes, wherein it routes calls …

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3 years, 9 months ago

TRAI Suspends New Anti-spam Regulations as Customers Face OTP Issues

News 18

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Tuesday announced it has temporarily suspended the implementation of the new anti-spam regulations for commercial texts which caused widespread SMS service disruptions on March 8. The Telecom Communications Customer Preference Regulations were implemented by telecom companies to minimize SMS spam which resulted in delays in the transmission of OTP messages, which impacted banking …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Centre Plans Crackdown on Spam, Scam Calls and Texts, Jamtara & Mewat Emerge as Hotspots