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Republicans Want To Leave You Voicemail -- Without Ever Ringing Your Cellphone (recode.net)
bricko quotes a report from Recode: The GOP's leading campaign and fundraising arm, the Republican National Committee, has quietly thrown its support behind a proposal at the Federal Communications Commission that would pave the way for marketers to auto-dial consumers' cellphones and leave them prerecorded voicemail messages -- all without ever causing their devices to ring. Under current federal law, telemarketers and others, like political groups, aren't allowed to launch robocall campaigns targeting cellphones unless they first obtain a consumer's written consent. But businesses stress that it's a different story when it comes to "ringless voicemail" -- because it technically doesn't qualify as a phone call in the first place. In their eyes, that means they shouldn't need a customer or voter's permission if they want to auto-dial mobile voicemail inboxes in bulk pre-made messages about a political candidate, product or cause. And they want the FCC to rule, once and for all, that they're in the clear. Their argument, however, has drawn immense opposition from consumer advocates.
In this case, I believe the 3 AM Vuvuzela Orchestra in D-minor outside their bedroom window is more appropriate.
As we all know, robocalls are absolutely a republican-only thing and dems would in no way be happy to see restrictions on them weakened. Furthermore, Trump sucks, Putin Putin Orange Putin Russia Pissage Russia Tiny Hands Hitler Russia Drumpf, and Seth Rich definitely never talked to Assange (but if he did it was because he was working for Russia).