TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 15, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted new rules to further protect consumers from scam communications by directly addressing some of the biggest vulnerabilities in America’s robotext defenses and closing the “lead generator” robocall/robotexts loophole. The new rules allow blocking of “red flagged” robotexting numbers, codifies do-not-call rules for texting and encourages an opt-in approach for delivering email-to-text messages. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a bipartisan coalition of 29 attorneys general in filing a letter with the FCC in June, urging the commission to enact the one-to-one consent requirement.