Chairman Pai Proposes Mandating STIR/SHAKEN To Combat Robocalls

[sean at donelan.com (Sean Donelan)]

https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-proposes-mandating-stirshaken-combat-robocalls

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today proposed a major 
step forward to further the FCCâ??s efforts to protect consumers against
spoofed robocalls: new rules requiring implementation of caller ID 
authentication using socalled â??STIR/SHAKENâ?? technological standards. 
STIR/SHAKEN enables phone companies to verify the accuracy of caller ID 
information that is transmitted with a call. Industry-wide
implementation would reduce the effectiveness of illegal spoofing, allow 
law enforcement to identify bad actors more easily, and help phone 
companies identify calls with illegally spoofed caller ID information 
before those calls reach their subscribers.

The FCC will vote on these new rules during its Open Meeting on March 31.