Your phone carrier can now block robocalls by default - CNN

Your phone carrier can now block robocalls by default CNN

Robocalls are flooding cell phones, interrupting dinners, and scamming people out of money. Relief could finally be on the horizon, but perhaps at a cost. The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to give wireless carriers like Verizon the green light to block unwanted robocalls automatically for all customers. The move could curb a torrent of phone-based scams and unwelcome interruptions that have afflicted millions of consumers, said the FCC. The vote clears the way for carriers to switch on robocall-blocking technologies for phone lines by default. The technology works by u...