Cenk Uygur
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Telemarketers And Debt Collectors Fighting For Ringless Voicemail
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June 7, 2017
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6:50Now PlayingTelemarketers and debt collectors are fighting for permission to use technology that will allow them to leave ringless voicemail messages. Ana Kasparian, Kim Horcher and Brett Erlich, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"Frank Kemp was working on his computer when his cellphone let out the sound of Mario — from Super Mario Bros. — collecting a coin. That signaled he had a new voicemail message, yet his phone had never rung.
“At first, I thought I was crazy,” said Kemp, a video editor in Dover, Delaware. “When I checked my voicemail, it made me really angry. It was literally a telemarketing voicemail to try to sell telemarketing systems.”
Kemp had just experienced a technology gaining traction called ringless voicemail, the latest attempt by telemarketers and debt collectors to reach the masses. The calls are quietly deposited through a back door, directly into a voicemail box — to the surprise and (presumably) irritation of the recipient, who cannot do anything to block them.
Regulators are considering whether to ban these messages. They have been hearing from ringless-voicemail providers and pro-business groups, which argue that these messages should not qualify as calls and, therefore, should be exempt from consumer-protection laws that ban similar types of telephone marketing.”*
Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Kim Horcher, Brett Erlich
Cast: Ana Kasparian, Kim Horcher, Brett Erlich
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