FSF: FCC Should Drop Its Effective Measures Robocall Rule

Beyond dropping the proposed $4.5 million fine against Telnyx, the FCC should halt altogether its "effective measures" rule on blocking illegal calls, Free State Foundation President Randolph May wrote Thursday. The Telnyx notice of apparent liability (NAL) for allegedly violating the effective measures rule would ultimately create unspecified requirements that are at the same time more stringent than anything the FCC previously established in notice-and-comment rulemakings, May said. The proposed fine "smacks of 'regulation by enforcement' ... because regulated entities are deprived of the ability to know and follow the law." FSF previously called for rescinding the Telnyx NAL (see 2503120071).