Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general in urging the FCC to require gateway providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication and take additional measures to block foreign-based illegal robocalls that scam Americans.
The attorneys general are asking the FCC to require gateway providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN within 30 days, respond to traceback requests within 24 hours, block illegal or likely fraudulent calls, block calls from numbers on do-not-originate lists, ensure foreign telephone partners are legitimate, and face blocking if they fail to comply.
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