FTC Rules Outlawing Robocalls Go Into Effect Next Week

coondoggie writes "Nearly a year after announcing the plan, new Federal Trade Commission rules prohibiting most robocalls are set to take effect Tuesday, Sept. 1. With the rules, prerecorded commercial telemarketing robocalls will be prohibited, unless the telemarketer has obtained permission in writing from consumers who want to receive such calls. Hopefully the rules will go a long way to helping consumers eat dinner in peace without being interrupted by amazingly annoying telemarketer blather or in this case prerecorded blather. The requirement is part of amendments to the agency's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) that were announced a year ago. After September 1, sellers and telemarketers who transmit prerecorded messages to consumers who have not agreed in writing to accept such messages will face penalties of up to $16,000 per call."

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[hxnwix]

Fox News has not programmed the righty slashdot majority to dislike this regulation.

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[QuoteMstr]

It's a handicap for the Right. Without robocall campaigns to catapulpt the propaganda, how are the Republicans supposed to have a fighting chance? For the sake of good sportsmanship, it's only fair that they be allowed.