TCPA 'Best Legal Tool We Have' for Consumer Protection, Wheeler Says
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, marking its silver anniversary this week, "remains the best legal tool we have to protect and empower consumers," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a news release Wednesday. “Consumers want and deserve control over the…
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calls and texts they receive. With strong rules, vigilant enforcement and support for new tools like robocall blocking, the FCC plays a vital role in ensuring that this law protects and empowers consumers as it was intended.” The agency said it "has renewed its commitment to a strong, pro-consumer reading" of the law in recent years by addressing loopholes such as in its 2015 order and TCPA implementation declaratory ruling (see 1506180046).