The FCC welcomed Comments on how to interpret what an Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems(ATDS) is under the TCPA, which targets telephone solicitations that rely upon equipment that have the capacity to store or produce numbers using a random or sequential number generator, and to dial those numbers without human intervention. This comes after the ACC International v. FCC ruling where the FCC’s interpretation of an ATDS in its’ 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order was held as overly broad. That interpretation encompassed all technology with both the present and theoretical capacity as an ATDS, which meant smartphones would be viewed as an ATDS. Will the FCC revert back to a broader interpretation or will the narrower approach prevail? Today we welcome Charlie Kennedy, Adjunct Fellow for TechFreedom, and Jim Dunstan, General Counsel for TechFreedom, to discuss which interpretation of an ATDS is best for both consumers and businesses. For more info, see TechFreedom’s statement on the issue, and the comments we filed with the FCC.
#224: Disruptive Innovation (Part 1)
#223: Law Enforcement as a Political Weapon
#222: Bring in the Nerds: Reviving the Office of Technology Assessment
#221: Swarm’s Rogue Satellites
#220: FDA, Free Speech and E-Cigarettes
#219: Women in Tech
#218: How Should Congress Address Online Sex Trafficking?
#217: What is Cybersecurity, and How Can it Affect the Winter Olympics?
#216: The Nunes Memo and FISA Explained
#215: The Net Neutrality CRA: Yay or Nay?
#214: Information Intermediaries in a Nutshell
#213: Heat Baby Heat? Harm Reduction and E-Cigarettes
#212: Department of Labor Saves Gig Economy
#211: Warrantless Spying & Parallel Construction
#210: Watching the Watchmen: Surveillance in 2017 ... and Beyond
#209: Restoring Internet Freedom? Feat. Brendan Carr, FCC Commissioner
#208: Data Danger: Keeping Information Safe Online
#207: Carving Out Privacy Rights: Carpenter v US
#206: The Future of Internet Regulation w/ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
#205: Who Owns the Airwaves?
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