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Are political automated calls "robocalls" or are they (strangely) exempt.
by dwmcqueen 7y ago
Are political automated calls "robocalls" or are they (strangely) exempt.
- OrgNet 7y agoI don't know but political calls can be worst because they could be microtargeting you.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoWhy is that worse than scattershot spam calls? You get called either way.
- throwaway2048 7y agoBecause certain types of political messaging would be highly effective if carefully targeted, but would be a massive scandal if they became more publicly known.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoSo, the problem with targeted calls isn't the unsolicited communication, but that if politicians could send customized messages, they might sometimes send evil ones?
- throwaway2048 7y agoNot even necessarily evil, but it allows you to promise everything to everyone without being easily called out on it.
- OrgNet 7y agoIt is 2 different problems but if a call in unsolicited and political, it could have great consequences if they are micro-targeting millions of Americans.
- connicpu 7y agoThey were exempt in the old law so I doubt that's changed
- dwmcqueen 7y agoYep. Sad, though. So much wasted money just to make us mad.