, text message spam has become a “pervasive consumer threat” as complaints have skyrocketed sixfold . Almost certainly, you, too, have noticed the increase in spam messages yourself, or you know someone who has been duped, phished, misled, and scammed by these tactics.
It's time for the FCC to weigh in and rule that these messaging apps are not being used for having personal conversations when users can send 13,000 text messages in an hour from a computer program that uploads voter file lists to an app. 2022’s Kansas statewide abortion-rights ballot initiative, where voters received inaccurate information from an unknown cell number to dissuade a group of targeted voters
In other words, just because big data technology allows political operatives to match a voter file with cell phone numbers to quickly target and reach millions of registered Democrats, Republicans, or Independents with spam messages on their cell phones doesn’t mean we should allow this type of abuse.