Kansas | AG Derek Schmidt urges FCC to take further action to reduce robocalls, caller-ID spoofing
TOPEKA, KANSAS – (May 6, 2019) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take further action to stop the growing proliferation of illegal robocalls and spoofing.
Schmidt, along with attorneys general from 40 other states and the District of Columbia, today delivered formal legal comments to the FCC urging the agency to adopt its proposed rules on enforcement against caller ID spoofing on calls to the United States originating from overseas, while also addressing spoofing in text messaging and alternative voice services. The RAY BAUM’S Act of 2018, which expanded the federal prohibition against spoofing, authorized the FCC to develop the new regulations now under consideration.
In the comment, the attorneys general note that “[a]lthou...