NY Gov. Signs Bills To Fight Pervasive Robocalls

Everyone Hates spam Robocalls, and they're more Pervasive than ever. Today, New York Governor, Kathy Hochul (D) signed a pair of Bills into Law, that are designed to help Block Robocalls

According to Hochul, the Bills build on Federal Legislation to Combat the Robocalls.

First Bill: requires Telecommunication Companies to Block Robocalls from certain Numbers, which will Prevent the unwanted Robocalls to additional Providers.

It Codifies into State Law, an FCC Rule that went into effect in June, which Allows Telecommunications Companies to Proactively Block Calls from certain Numbers. That Includes Calls that are the most likely to be Illegitimate, as they are coming from Numbers that do Not or Cannot make Outgoing Calls. These types of Numbers are indicative of "Spoofing" Schemes in which the True Caller Identity is Masked behind a Fake, Invalid Number.

Second Bill: requires Voice Service Providers, to Implement a Call Authentication Framework to make sure the Call is actually coming from the Number it Displays.

It Requires that Voice Service Providers implement the STIR/SHAKEN call Authentication Framework. Last March, the FCC issued a Rule requiring Providers to Implement the Framework by this June. The Bill provides Enhanced State Enforcement for Bad Actors and will allow the State to ensure the Implementation of the Protocol.

"New Yorkers are fed up with annoying, predatory robocalls, and we're taking action to stop them," Hochul said. "This legislation will enable telecom companies to prevent these calls from coming in in the first place, as well as empower our state government to ensure that voice service providers are validating who is making these calls so enforcement action can be taken against bad actors."

The STIR/SHAKEN Protocol uses Technology to Validate that a Call is actually coming from the Number it Displays. It Prevents "spoofing" Phone Numbers, and makes it easier to Trace Illegal Calls back to their Source. Once the Source is Identified, Enforcement Actions can be taken against the Perpetrators.










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