In
Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, slip op. (Apr. 1, 2021), the Supreme Court “friended” Facebook by holding that the social media platform’s login notification texts did not constitute an “automatic telephone dialing system” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The Court narrowly interpreted the TCPA’s restrictions on use of automatic telephone dialing systems, which now unequivocally apply only to devices that use a “random or sequential number generator” to send calls or texts.
Quick Summary of the TCPA’s Autodialer Restriction
The TCPA was designed to safeguard consumer privacy by restricting telemarketing communications. The Act restricts telephone solicitations and the use of automated phone equipment and was signed into law in 1991 as a response to a growing rise in unregulated and harassing telemarketing calls and faxes. It was subsequently applied to text messages as the use of SMS became ubiquitous. The Act limits the use of
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