importantSYS.SOURCE: TechCrunch• 2026-09-19T01:00:00Z
India Mandates Caller-ID Apps to Share Spam Reports with Telecom Operators
India's TRAI mandates caller-ID apps to transmit user spam reports to telecom operators via a blockchain platform, aiming to enhance anti-spam enforcement. The regulation faces criticism from companies like Truecaller, which argues it creates an unfair data exchange and restricts call management capabilities.
Truecaller says the one-way sharing requirement would hand a commercially valuable proprietary asset to telecom operators.
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