Supreme Court ruling could make it easier for Americans to receive more robocalls, watchdog group says
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Americans can expect to receive more cellphone robocalls and texts because of a US Supreme Court decision issued Thursday, according to a consumer advocacy group.
In a unanimous ruling that could have a major impact on telemarketing, the Supreme Court ruled that Facebook (FB) cannot be sued for repeatedly texting customers security alerts because its texts didn't come from an autodialer. The ruling comes six years after a Montana man sued Facebook to get the company to stop texting his cellphone telling him that an unauthorized person was accessing his Facebook account, court records show. Noah Duguid did not have a Facebook account and had never given the company his cell phone number, yet somehow it was in the company's database, according to his complaint.More Related News
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