The U.S. Senate approves Anti-Robocalling bill to combat ‘Daily Deluge’

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In a vote of 97 to 1, the U.S. Senate voted to move forward with a bill named the “TRACED Act” to combat the surge of Robocalls that sometimes harass phone customers several times a day.

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The bill which was introduced by Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Ed Markey (D-MA) would create an interagency task force which would hike fines that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can level against offenders, and extend the statute of limitations on penalties.

But most significantly the bill would pressure U.S. carriers to deploy call authentication systems such as STIR/SHAKEN. That technology marks genuine callers as “verified,” allowing people to block or ignore anyone else.

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