Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules allowing prisons to use radiofrequency signal jammers to block cellphone signals. Radiofrequency jammers are currently banned under Section 333 of the Communications Act, with limited exceptions. Carr stated the jammers have already been permitted for use at some federal facilities.

• The Verge — Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals

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