The 2024 election cycle has been a brutal assault on our text message inbox.
But whatever that outcome is, one thing will unify both sides: Those awful campaign text messages will finally stop.
If you, too, have felt bombarded with political texts, you're not alone.
Katie Notopoulos / Business InsiderWhat the political text rules sayThe Federal Trade Commission makes rules around robocalls and robotexts: They're exempt from the federal "Do Not Call" list, but there are other rules they have to follow — political messages sent by an autodialer require "the called party's express consent."
But messages sent manually don't require an opt-in, so that's why you get so many messages saying, "Hi, Katie!
Persons:
—, There's, I've, Joanna Stern, Katie Notopoulos, Katie, Suzie, it's
Organizations:
Service, Trump, The Wall Street, Federal Trade Commission
Locations:
United States, France