United States of America: Announced settlement in FCC investigation into Lingo Telecom over AI-Generated Robocalls

On 21 August 2024, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had reached a settlement with Texas-based Lingo Telecom, an entity allegedly responsible for originating robocall traffic using AI-generated voice cloning to spread misinformation to voters prior to New Hampshire's primary election. Lingo Telecom has agreed to pay a penalty of USD 1 million and implement a historic compliance plan requiring the company to comply with the FCC’s STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication rules, and to verify the accuracy of the information provided by its customers and upstream providers.