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Same in the US: politicians get an exception from the Do Not Call list and similar. Complete garbage.

• criddell 3y ago
  I looked this up yesterday. The regulations are around the use of robodialers but the political messages generally aren’t using robodialers. Instead they use an army of people with burner phones to send messages person-to-person to avoid the regulations.
  • ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
    No, they are using robodialers, these days. Also, I have gotten a few robovoice calls from local pols. One issue that corporations should be concerned about, is if they contract a dialer company to initiate their calls, and that company moonlights to scammers, they get blocked, so the legit corporation gets blocked for being a scammer.
    • criddell 3y ago
      Why do you think they are using robodialers for text messages? AFAIK, that’s still banned by the FCC: https://www.fcc.gov/rules-political-campaign-calls-and-texts https://www.fcc.gov/rules-political-campaign-calls-and-texts
      • ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
        They spoof the sources. The carrier still lets them through, but sending STOP results in a delivery error.
        • jonhohle 3y ago
          A certain second place candidate who has associated my wife with my phone number is doing this to me. I forwarded them to the FCC.