[HamSession]

A lot is caused by the forwarding services that mask the numbers. Really each should be held liable for any damages.

[darth_avocado]

The calls is one aspect, how they get money out is another. The gift card business needs some revamping. It should not be so easy to transfer billions every year with no accountability.

[CoastalCoder]

I think for that to be meaningful, there would need to be some mechanism to prevent fly-by-night operations formed to isolate the liability.

Maybe requiring them to post a large bond (proportional to the liability) and/or have insurance?

[supertrope]

Yeah. Robocaller fines are almost never paid. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/03/fcc-fined-roboca...

[CoastalCoder]

Could someone explain why the reply from @calimac was killed?

I'm guessing it has something to do with the snowshoe-spamming reference, but I'm totally in the dark.

[probably_wrong]

The user is probably blacklisted due to bad past behavior. You can vouch for individual comments, though.

[rootusrootus]

Banned by sctb on Oct 16, 2016 for political ranting.

[CoastalCoder]

Wouldn't being banned prevent them from posting?

Or does it just insta-kill all their posts?

[rootusrootus]

It just marks all of their posts dead. If you have showdead:on set then you can see them, and choose to vouch for individual posts if they add value to the conversation.

[chrisgd]

That’s a good thought. I wonder if there is an aggressive us attorney that could tie the forwarders to the scam with some kind of RICO charges.

(My entire understanding of law comes from law and order so take what i said with a grain of salt)