FCC affirms that wireless carriers can block unwanted text messages

By News on the Net -- Reuters —— Bio and Archives July 13, 2021

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission voted on Wednesday to clarify that wireless carriers have the authority to block unwanted or spam text messages, but Democrats warned the decision would allow carriers to block or censor texts that customers send. The FCC voted 3-to-1 to classify text messages as an information service rather than a telecommunications service, which it said would have limited the ability of wireless carriers to combat robotexts and spam messages.