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Mystery Company Linked to Biden Robocall Identified by New Hampshire Attorney General


The FCC has issued a cease and desist and is working on a new proposal banning AI-generated robocalls.

On Tuesday, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said that a Texas-based telecom company was behind the reportedly AI-generated robocalls impersonating President Joe Biden that went out ahead of the state’s presidential primary last month. The Federal Communications Commission sent its own cease-and-desist letters to Life Corporation, as well as another Texas company, Lingo Telecom, the alleged voice service provider of the calls. Last week, the FCC put out a new proposal to ban robocalls that used AI-generated voices by updating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, a 1991 law that regulates telemarketers.

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