
Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals
Summary
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced an upcoming vote on new rules to permit prisons to use cellphone signal jamming devices. Radiofrequency jammers are currently prohibited under the Communications Act of 1934, though certain federal facilities have already received permission to use them.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules that would allow prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned under Section 333 and the Communications Act of 1934, with few exceptions, and Carr has noted they've been permitted for use at some federal facilities already. Carr claims in a statement that jammers…
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