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Supreme Court Upholds Robo-Calls Ban
in Blog Posts, Robo-Calls
On July 6th, the United States Supreme Court upheld the provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that gives citizens the right to stop unwanted robocalls and text messages to their cell phones. The case, which was brought forward by a group of robo-callers, challenged the constitutionality of the TCPA based on the presence of a provision added to the law in 2015 exempting calls made to collect government debt. The robo-callers argued that the exemption was a content-based restriction on speech that violated the first amendment. They also stated that as a result, the protection against unwanted robocalls...
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