The FCC’s Spam Call Proposal Is Just a Data Collection Scheme (opens in new tab)

The Federal Communications Commission to collect vast amounts of personal information from every person who wants a phone number in the name of combatting scam and spam calls. This plan will fail to combat the deluge of unwanted calls people in the United States receive every day while giving untrustworthy companies a gold mine of information that would harm everyday consumer’s privacy, access to communications, and ability to speak freely. The requirement to provide ID and an address would ,...