{"id":710378,"date":"2020-01-31T12:33:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T17:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=710378"},"modified":"2020-01-31T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T17:33:15","slug":"fcc-proposes-to-fine-racist-troll-13-million-for-robocalling-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=710378","title":{"rendered":"FCC proposes to fine racist troll $13 million for robocalling spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-679533226-800x534-1.jpg\" alt=\"Woman holds phone\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/GettyImages-679533226.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"5304\" data-width=\"7952\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: Tim Robberts)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Federal Communications Commission is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-proposes-nearly-13-million-fine-illegal-spoofed-robocalls\">preparing<\/a> to fine a Utah man $12.9 million for conducting a string of racist robocalling campaigns across the United States over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC says one of the campaigns seemed like an attempt to tamper with a jury in an ongoing case.\u00a0Another targeted a newspaper for criticizing his earlier campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before the 2018 election, the man, Scott Rhodes, reportedly made 766 spoofed robocalls in Florida, where black Democrat Andrew Gillum was running for governor. According to the FCC, &#8220;robocalls falsely claimed to be from the candidate and used &#8216;a caricature of a black dialect&#8217; with jungle background noises.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1650419#p3\">Read 6 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1650419&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=lYaHDDjhCDU:Y-K1tbYWyO4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=lYaHDDjhCDU:Y-K1tbYWyO4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=lYaHDDjhCDU:Y-K1tbYWyO4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~ff\/arstechnica\/index?a=lYaHDDjhCDU:Y-K1tbYWyO4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1650419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FCC proposes to fine racist troll  million for robocalling spree<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Tim Robberts) The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to fine a Utah man $12.9 million for conducting a string of racist robocalling campaigns across the United States over the last two years. 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