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Fake Biden Robocalls Cost Wireless Provider $1 Million in FCC Penalties | The calls used AI to spoof Biden's voice, telling potential voters to stay home during the primaries.

The calls used AI to spoof Biden's voice, telling potential voters to stay home during the primaries.

Lingo Telecom didn’t create the robocalls but did allow them to be transmitted on its network, which the FCC says is in violation of the agency’s so-called “Know Your Customer” (KYC) and “Know Your Upstream Provider” (KYUP) rules. “Whether at the hands of domestic operatives seeking political advantage or sophisticated foreign adversaries conducting malign influence or election interference activities, the potential combination of the misuse of generative AI voice-cloning technology and caller ID spoofing over the U.S. communications network presents a significant threat,” FCC enforcement bureau chief Loyaan A. Egal said in a release. “This settlement sends a strong message that communications service providers are the first line of defense against these threats and will be held accountable to ensure they do their part to protect the American public.”

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