Business Robocalls: Finally, DOJ seeks court enforcement action against telecoms for phone spam Xeni Jardin

robocalls It's not just you — social security scam phone calls are 23 times more common this year Thom Dunn

robocalls Tech-powered war on robocalls pledged by 12 U.S. telephone carriers and 51 attorneys general Xeni Jardin

crime Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it's all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators Cory Doctorow

Technology Phone companies get to block robocalls if this proposed FCC rule happens Xeni Jardin

scams FTC fines four robocallers behind “billions” of US calls Xeni Jardin

videos Trump's FCC relies on telcos to self-police anti-robocall measures and they're planning on gutting existing regs, so John Oliver is robocalling the whole FCC every 90 minutes Cory Doctorow

elections Mexican election: saturation robo-calls spreading disinformation about Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Cory Doctorow

Business FCC demands record $225 million fine for this huge robocall campaign Xeni Jardin

privacy Florida DMV makes millions selling Floridians' data…for pennies (and you can't opt out) Cory Doctorow

scams Why you should never return a robocall – it could cost you a small fortune Mark Frauenfelder

law Of $208m in fines leveled against robocallers, the FCC has collected … $6,790 Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Stop robocalls and phone scams with this top-rated app Boing Boing's Shop

Telemarketing The story of "Lenny" — a chatbot designed to make telemarketing unprofitable Mark Frauenfelder

nazis Racist robocalls from an Idaho Neo-nazi group plague Floridians Jason Weisberger

Democrats Don't give a dime to the DCCC, they'll just use to front DINOs and smear Justice Democrats Cory Doctorow

fraud Spam was nearly dead, then it became an essential tool for crime and came roaring back Cory Doctorow

telemarketers FCC intends to fine man $120 million for making over 96 million robocalls Mark Frauenfelder

Business Copyright trolls Rightscorp are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Kickstarting a tool to block robocalls and tie up scammers Cory Doctorow