[karpov]

Rhodes' "kill them all" message is vile, but if the FCC goes after only the robocallers with messages deemed to be racist, I think that violates the 1st Amendment.

[eyeamok]

“with the intent to cause harm,”

CFan not the same thing be said about every major broadcast network and the entire Fake News Media Complex???

[2banana]

I get like 8 of these a day. When is the FCC going after them?

“The commission said Mr. Rhodes used an online calling platform to intentionally manipulate caller ID information to display local phone numbers as the source of the calls. That practice, known as neighbor spoofing, violates the Truth in Caller ID Act...”

[ifinnegan]

Excerpt here said nothing about what the message said.

[Altura Ct.]

killing of an Iowa college student by an undocumented immigrant and a white supremacist’s murder trial in Virginia

Good thing there is no harm here.

[DiogenesLamp]

Rhodes' "kill them all" message is vile, but if the FCC goes after only the robocallers with messages deemed to be racist, I think that violates the 1st Amendment.

My first thought as well. The ACLU defended Skokie Nazis way back in the day. They understood that even hateful speech is protected by law.

[Tom in SFCA]

Did he intend to “cause harm” or did he hope to engender political change that, to his mind, would benefit America?

[dainbramaged]

I confess to calling the Hindu scammer from the microsoft tech center a “little brown monkey” yesterday before hanging up. Arrest me.

[US_MilitaryRules]

I haven’t got any robo calls for the last few days! Maybe this 13 million dollar fine has them scared!

[aimhigh]

Amazing how quickly they can trace and shut down robo calls when they want to.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

They go after robocallers. This nutjob just happens to also be racist

[catnipman]

what about non-racist robocalls? could we please fine the shite out of the scum that do those as well?

[CharlesWayneCT]

The key here is not that his message was vile, but that he broke the law by spoofing the phone numbers; I presume any robo-caller who does this COULD be prosecuted for it.