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    FCC & Compliance

    FCC Safe Harbor

    Regulatory protection from liability for providers that block or mitigate calls in good faith using reasonable analytics and documented processes.

    Existing safe harbors protect providers that block calls based on reasonable analytics incorporating STIR/SHAKEN data, and that block traffic from bad-actor upstream providers after notification, provided a redress mechanism exists for erroneous blocking.

    The FCC has separately sought comment on whether providers deploying effective AI-based KYC and fraud detection should receive protection from liability for illegal calls that nonetheless get through.

    Why it matters to carriers

    Safe harbor protection depends on documented, reasonable process. The blocking you do is only defensible if you can show how the decision was made and how a customer can appeal it.

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