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Chuck Schumer urges FCC to block AI robocalls before elections

Club for Growth wants an expedited waiver to send political robocalls to cellphones, AI voices included; the FCC says it has zero plans to act.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Newsroom
Published 2:20 PM ET, Monday, October 19, 2026

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First reported by Al Jazeera: “Chuck Schumer urges FCC to block AI robocalls before elections”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 2:20 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Schumer, FCC, AI.
BBN covered this story before: Suspicious materials sent to Schumer, other members of Congress (October 16).

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Washington today, Senator Chuck Schumer urged the FCC to reject a Club for Growth request to send AI-voiced political robocalls to cellphones without prior consent, with the comment period closing and the election on November third.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo a robot would call me, and I'd have to be the one who hangs up?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAn FCC spokesperson says the agency has zero plans to move to an order on it.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWhich is the kind of calm I have seen right before an embassy emptied.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentZero plans. Bold.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRex, I hear you have a scoreboard that actually keeps its promises.