Gomez opposes dropping consent for political AI calls
Anna GomezFCC commissioner
Anna Gomez says the FCC should retain consent requirements rather than expose voters to unwanted political AI robocalls.
Responding to
The FCC should permit noncommercial political artificial or prerecorded calls to cellphones without prior consent under the proposed safeguards.
“The FCC should not allow a dark money group to flood Americans’ phones with AI-generated robocalls they never agreed to receive.”
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Where this statement fits
Should political callers be allowed to make prerecorded and AI-voice calls to cellphones without prior consent?
Club for Growth asks the FCC to waive a rule and grant a statutory exemption for noncommercial political artificial or prerecorded calls to cellphones without prior consent, including AI voices. Commissioner Anna Gomez opposes removing consent protections ahead of the election. The request remains pending.
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Gomez criticizes the pending Club for Growth request. She says existing rules allow AI-voice political calls when recipients consent; her objection concerns removing that safeguard.
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Club for Growth had petitioned for an exemption and the FCC had opened a comment period.
After the quotation
Gomez says consent-based AI calls are already allowed and warns of disruption and deception near Election Day.
How this statement is classified
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Why this label?
She expressly rejects the requested consent waiver and exemption, the proposal addressed by this case.
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