Domestic violence hotline calls will soon be invisible on your family phone plan

TL;DR

proposed rules to implement the Safe Connections Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law last December. “These proposed rules would help survivors obtain separate service lines from shared accounts that include their abusers, protect the privacy of calls made by survivors to domestic abuse hotlines, and provide support for survivors who suffer from financial hardship through our affordability programs,” the FCC’s announcement said. This partnership will work to ensure that survivors reach agents who are prepared to field requests to separate phone lines and connect survivors with additional resources

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