---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200506172455.GA16719@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 17:24:55 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: How To Protect Yourself From Zoom-Hijacking by Lindsay B. Nickle and Abby Swanson Garney On March 30, 2020, the FBI announced that it has received multiple reports of video-teleconferencing (VTC) hijacking attacks in recent weeks. The attacks target the VTC platform Zoom and involve unidentified individuals joining online meetings and disrupting them with pornographic and/or hate images and speech. This type of attack is being referred to as "Zoom-bombing." On April 5, 2020, Zoom rolled out updates that address some of the platform's issues, but these updates do not completely eliminate the risk of VTC hijacking attacks. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/privacy-protection/927378/how-to-protect-yourself-from-zoom-hijacking?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200506162328.GA16297@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 16:23:28 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: COVID-19: Hospitals And Health Care Providers Included In New TCPA Guidance COVID-19: Hospitals And Health Care Providers Included In New Guidance On The Emergency Purpose Exception To The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by Chanley Howell , Jennifer J. Hennessy , Thomas E. Chisena and Chloe Talbert The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Declaratory Ruling providing guidance (Guidance) on the implementation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) as COVID-19 continues to necessitate wider communications to inform the public and keep people connected. This Guidance confirms that COVID-19 qualifies as an "emergency" under the TCPA, making certain communications relating to and necessitated by the pandemic lawful under the "emergency exception" to the TCPA if certain caller and content requirements are satisfied. This article reviews the effect of this new Guidance and outlines guidelines to navigate compliance according to this clarification by the FCC. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/reporting-and-compliance/927444/covid-19-hospitals-and-health-care-providers-included-in-new-guidance-on-the-emergency-purpose-exception-to-the-telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200506165620.GA16461@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 16:56:21 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Executive Order Formalizes Telecom Foreign Investment Review by Jennifer L. Richter, Tom Davidson, Christian Davis, Kevin Wolf, Karen L. Milne, Lyndsey Grunewald, Shea Boyd and Katherine P. Padgett On April 4, the White House released an Executive Order establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (the "Committee") to assess foreign ownership and national security issues in the telecommunications sector. The Committee will be led by the Attorney General and comprised of the Secretaries of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security and other executive agency heads, or assistants to the President, as determined by the President. Advisors to the Committee include the heads of several Executive Branch agencies. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/926136/executive-order-formalizes-telecom-foreign-investment-review?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 08 May 2020