Washington DC (CNN) Robocalls are flooding cell phones, interrupting dinners, and scamming people out of money. The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to give wireless carriers like Verizon the green light to block unwanted robocalls automatically for all customers. The vote clears the way for carriers to switch on robocall-blocking technologies for phone lines by default. Robocalls are automated phone calls people receive that often show up on caller ID as nearby phone numbers, or sometimes even their own number . While some robocalls are legal and come from legitimate institutions like banks, schools or medical providers, a vast share come from scammers and foreign sources.

Source: CNN June 06, 2019 18:22 UTC