cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/us_politics@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/1015726/fcc-considers-allowing-more-political-robocalls-before-midterms-including-those-cr
The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November’s midterm elections.
Federal law currently bans most robocalls to cellphones unless the caller gets consent beforehand. The petition calls for a waiver that would allow political groups to use artificial or prerecorded voices in unsolicited wireless calls.
The Republican-led FCC advanced the request for public comment and could rule on it as soon as late October.
Consumer advocacy groups warn the proposed change could trigger a surge of unwanted, partisan and potentially misleading automated calls in the critical final days of the election, which will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term.
More details in the article.
I think they have to include the “I’m Jack Johnson and I approve this message” thing on every one. But I could be wrong.
I imagine faking that would amount to outright fraud and/or identity theft.
But this is the US in 2026 so…
I mean, just don’t say that part at the end. People are fucking stupid. You can put a sentence on a famous person’s picture and people will just assume the sentence is a quote from that person