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America's Federal Communications Commission1, the FCC, has fined a man who they say placed nearly 100 million robocalls. A robocall is a telephone call that is made by a computer programme. The software can make thousands of calls at a time. The FCC fined the man a record $120 million because they say he posed2 a threat to public safety. The FCC says the man's calls were illegal because many of them were made to "critical emergency phone lines". The FCC said many other calls went to mobile phones and residential3 telephones without the person being called wanting that call. This means the call was a nuisance call - a bit like spam e-mail, which is also unwanted and annoying.
美国联邦通信委员会(FCC)对一名男性进行罚款,FCC称该名男性拨打了近亿次自动呼叫电话。自动呼叫电话是由电脑程序拨打出的电话。这种软件可以一次拨打数千个电话。FCC对这名男性进行了创纪录的1.2亿美元罚款,因为他们称这名男性涉嫌威胁公众安全。FCC表示该男性拨出的电话是非法的,因为其中很多电话都是打给“危险紧急电话线”的。FCC说许多其他电话都是在对方非自愿情况下打给移动手机和居民电话的。这意味着该电话是骚扰电话—有点像是垃圾邮件,让人感到厌烦的。
The FCC said the man committed a serious crime and carried out, "one of the largest and most dangerous illegal robocalling campaigns that the Commission has ever investigated". The man made 96 million robocalls during a three-month period in 2016 as a part of a "telemarketing scheme". He used a technique called "neighbor spoofing" to get people to answer the calls. This technique tricks people into thinking the calls are from a local telephone number. The man also tricked people into believing that the calls were from well-known airlines, hotels and travel companies.
FCC表示该男性犯有严重罪行并进行了“委员会所调查过的最大型最危险的非法自动呼叫电话活动之一”。在2016年的3个月内,该男性拨打了九千六百万个电话,作为“电话销售计划”的一部分。他利用一个叫做“邻里哄骗”的技术让用户接电话。该技术让用户认为这些电话是拨打自一个本地电话号码。该男性还欺骗用户,让他们认为这些电话是来自知名航空公司、酒店和旅游公司。
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n.委托,授权,委员会,拥金,回扣,委任状 | |
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使摆姿势( pose的过去式和过去分词 ); 以…身份出现; 招摇; 炫耀 | |
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adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的 | |
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