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CTIA Urges Caution on Revised Robotexting Rules

CTIA representatives warned about potential negative effects from some robotexting rules proposed in comments to a December Further NPRM (see 2312190032). “Reject calls from a handful of non-consumer message senders to dismantle the wireless ecosystem’s existing practices that are stopping…

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billions of spam and scam text messages,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 21-402: “These groups’ support for adoption of a content-neutral and non-discriminatory blocking standard would gut the messaging ecosystem’s multi-layered defenses for consumers.” CTIA said adopting that proposed standard “would remove the best practices that prevent non-consumer message senders from sending text messages that consumers do not want, including campaigns related to illegal substances and content related to sex, hate, alcohol, firearms, and tobacco.” CTIA representatives spoke with FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Chief Alejandro Roark and others from the bureau.