Telcos will be required to either block scam texts or warn recipients they come from unregistered senders in Labor crackdown
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Telcos will be required to block scam texts or warn recipients they come from unregistered senders, under new rules to be introduced by the Albanese government.
The communications minister, Michelle Rowland, has revealed she will create a mandatory SMS sender ID register and direct the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) to either block or include a warning if a sender is unregistered.
