U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wrote a letter to 13 telecommunication companies about their efforts to stop “robocalls,” Reuters reports. Pai urges the companies to develop a system to stop the automated phone calls by 2019. The chairman called upon the companies to do so back in May, and his letter states the FCC seeks answers on those efforts by Nov. 19. The letter was sent to companies such as Verizon, T-Mobile, Alphabet, Sprint, CenturyLink and Charter Communications. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to net neutrality rules.
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