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Verizon’s anti

Verizon on Tuesday said it’ll begin automatically enrolling eligible Android phones in its free Call Filter service. The company said it’s making the move after the Federal Communications Commission in June voted to give wireless carriers greater power to “aggressively block” unwanted robocalls.  “We know our customers are sick and tired of the endless onslaught of robocalls,” Ronan Dunne, Verizon executive …

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Facebook expands local emergency alerts in the US

Facebook said Tuesday it’s expanding a tool that some US governments and first responders use to alert local residents about emergencies such as active shooters, missing people and winter storms.  The social media giant said a feature called “local alerts,” will become available to all US governments and first responders who run a Facebook Page by the end of the …

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