<story><title>Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing and influencing election</title><url>https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sprokolopolis</author><text>I like the idea of this, but I wonder if it will have much impact on the worst offenders. The most frequent and annoying  calls are almost always using spoofed numbers and many times originating from outside the country, like India. Is there any way that this law could be enforced...&lt;p&gt;1)on calls originating outside the state or country?&lt;p&gt;2) on calls over spoofed numbers?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Shivetya</author><text>Sure there is means within the phone industry to determine if the number offered up is the actual number. Last I remember the caller id function was independent of the ANI information.&lt;p&gt;Now calls are down to either my contact list or the caller leaving a message whose transcription I can review. All others just get ignored. It was bad enough when politicians wrote the laws in such a way their campaigns and charities did not have to have permission to call but with VOIP being abused so much my phone isn&amp;#x27;t my own.&lt;p&gt;with regards to the political exception in calls, how will the Federal rule align with the state rule. it was specifically carved out to allow political calls in the do not call system</text></comment>
<story><title>Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing and influencing election</title><url>https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sprokolopolis</author><text>I like the idea of this, but I wonder if it will have much impact on the worst offenders. The most frequent and annoying  calls are almost always using spoofed numbers and many times originating from outside the country, like India. Is there any way that this law could be enforced...&lt;p&gt;1)on calls originating outside the state or country?&lt;p&gt;2) on calls over spoofed numbers?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>earbrazier</author><text>No, not this law, because (contrary to the current HN title) it does not apply to telephone calls. Its scope is &amp;quot;any public-facing Internet Web site, Web application, or digital application, including a social network or publication&amp;quot;.</text></comment>