---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200707160756.GA13404@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 16:07:56 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T argues being misleading about data plans isn't misleading because reporters caught them One of the grand tricks the telecom industry was able to achieve by getting its henchman, Ajit Pai, into the majority chairman position in the FCC was to kill net neutrality protections. The most special part of this was Pai's argument that the FCC did not have the power to enforce, and should not have the power to enforce, any regulations on the telecommunications landscape. Of course, this was something that Pai then argued against when states like California and local governments began taking the argument to its logical conclusion and moving towards creating consumer protections for their citizens. It has also meant that any move Pai and his worthless FCC have made is merely a suggestion that most internet service providers (ISP) can ignore depending on how they're feeling. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/3/1956104/-AT-amp-T-argues-being-misleading-about-data-plans-isn-t-misleading-because-reporters-caught-them -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200707154608.GA13346@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 15:46:08 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: If Thumbs Are Required, It's Not An Autodialer by Terri J. Seligman The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits any person from calling or text messaging someone on a wireless phone using an automatic telephone dialing system (an "autodialer") or an artificial or prerecorded voice (a "robocall") unless the call is an emergency or the person has the called party's prior express consent. The TCPA defines an autodialer as "equipment which has the capacity - (A)to store or produce telephone numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator; and - (B) to dial such numbers." https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/dodd-frank-consumer-protection-act/961190/if-thumbs-are-required-it39s-not-an-autodialer?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <CAH8yC8=oiZ=Hhhn66vyue9Haxp2bJaTka7vv2o8KijxdDkutLw@mail.gmail.com> Date: 6 Jul 2020 18:36:03 -0400 From: "Jeffrey Walton" <noloader@gmail.com> Subject: Why your privacy could be threatened by a bill to protect children Backers of the EARN IT Act focus on protecting children from being exploited, but security experts say the bill actually chips away at your encrypted messages. By Alfred Ng Depending on who you ask, the EARN IT Act could either destroy the fundamental values of an open internet or protect children from being sexually exploited online. The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act, which requires tech companies to meet safety requirements for children online before obtaining immunity from lawsuits, had its first public hearing on March 11. https://www.cnet.com/news/why-your-privacy-could-be-threatened-by-a-bill-to-protect-children/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 08 Jul 2020