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A new landmark Supreme Court decision involving Facebook’s practice of sending unsolicited text message security notifications to cell phone numbers affiliated with potentially compromised accounts provides much-needed clarity on whether the act of sending unwanted telemarketing calls and text messages violates federal anti-robocall law under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”)
The last decade has experienced a surge in lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, (“TCPA”), which is codified in 47 U.S.C. § 227. The TCPA is a federal law that restricts the business practice of making and sending unsolicited telemarketing calls and marketing text messages. The TCPA prohibits the use of an “automatic telephone dialing system” (“ATDS”) to make or send telemarketing/advertising calls or text messages, without a consumer’s prior, express written consent. As defined in the TCPA, an ATDS is any equipmen