[spencerf]

This is only valid if it’s a US company and many of these are originating outside of the US. Many shady companies outside of the us simply ignore the fines.

[hedora]

Simple solution: The fine is payable, link by link, to the next person in the chain by the party that forwarded the message.

So the phone company can pay the subscriber the $10,000, and collect it from whoever they got the text from.

I guarantee you spoofing would be solved immediately if this change to the law was scheduled for 12 months from now.

[mcv]

Banning foreign calls/texts that spoof local numbers sounds like a really easy and obvious thing to do.

[technothrasher]

All the big companies that outsource customer support overseas but want an in-country caller ID wouldn't let that happen.

[somehnacct3757]

Solve two problems at once, if you ask me