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FCC approves new rules to curtail robocalls

FCC approves new rules to curtail robocalls
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Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 6:50pm

The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it's going after those annoying automated marketing calls that always seem to come right as you're sitting down to dinner.

The commission unanimously adopted new rules to crack down on what are known as robocalls. That's when a company sets up its computers to call thousands of numbers in sequence, hoping one or two of them will be answered.

Check out the new rules to put a stop to robocalls.

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