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FCC Steps Up Enforcement of Anti-Robocall Measures

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Aug 25, 2025, 11:32 AM   by Rich Brome   @rbrome.bsky.social

The FCC today implemented one of its largest anti-robocall enforcement actions to date, effectively banning over 1,200 non-compliant voice service providers from US voice networks. This action marks the final step in a major anti-robocall effort that started with the passage of the TRACED act in late 2019. That law empowered the FCC to go after robocallers and the voice providers that enable them. It also enabled the FCC to require all voice providers to implement new anti-robocall technologies. Since then, the FCC has required voice providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN, which authenticates caller-ID data and prevents spoofing that masks a caller's identity. The FCC also set up the Robocall Mitigation Database, where all voice providers must register and certify compliance with the new rules. Compliant providers must block traffic from unlisted or non-compliant providers, and participate in tracing investigations. The FCC sent out warnings to over 2,400 non-compliant providers in December. About half of those are still non-compliant and will now be blocked from US voice networks.

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