The Federal Communications Commission approved a $9.9 million penalty against a person it said made nearly 5,000 unlawful robocalls targeting voters in several 2018 political campaigns, including that of Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.
“The robocalls contained prerecorded voice messages targeting political campaigns and were made to phone numbers in communities that had recently experienced major news events relating to or involving public controversies,” the FCC said in an order released Thursday fining the robocaller, who it identified as Scott Rhodes.
The agency said Rhodes operates “The Road to Power,” a website that according to the Anti-Defamation League espouses ...
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