A new plan from the FCC would require callers to get a person’s consent before leaving a direct message on their phone’s voicemail.
Person's hand holding an Apple iPhone 13 Pro in a car. Lafayette, California, December 29, 2021. The Federal Communications Commission has a new plan to protect Americans from unwanted robocalls left on the voicemails of their phones.
The TCPA protects consumers from unwanted robocalls and prohibits callers from making any non-emergency call using an automatic telephone dialing system or a prerecorded voice to a cell phone number without the consent of the person contacted, according to a release from the FCC.
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