Tech and telecom firms helped New Hampshire AG trace call to "Life Corporation."

Texas firm allegedly behind fake Biden robocall that told people not to vote::Tech and telecom firms helped New Hampshire AG trace call to “Life Corporation.”

  • pivot_root@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    9 months ago

    The New York Times reports that “a subsidiary of Life Corporation called Voice Broadcasting Corp., which identifies Mr. Monk as its founder on its website, has received numerous payments from the Republican Party’s state committee in Delaware, most recently in 2022, as well as payments from congressional candidates in both parties.”

    That’s nice. The robocalls were sponsored by politicians. Can we please throw them in prison to rot for corruption now? No? Is that hoping for too much?

  • Adramis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    794·
    9 months ago

    Wow, that’s literally “Hang-them-from-a-gallows” treason. I wonder if anyone will even get a wrist-slap.

    If this doesn’t get hammered to hell, we’re even more fucked than we are now.

    • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
      466·
      9 months ago

      My guy, democracy in your country was on life support when citizens United was enacted, and then Bush killed it when he stole the election from Gore. You guys have been so busy working your hands to the bone you didn’t realize you’ve been standing on the corpse of democracy for decades lol.

    • SuperDuper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      321·
      9 months ago

      And Jan 6 was literally “shoot on sight” treason, but most of those people aren’t getting more than a year or two unless they’re a high profile oath keeper or whatever. We keep treating active attempts to subvert democracy and/or overthrow the government like this and it’s going to bite us in the ass.

      • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
        81·
        9 months ago

        The consequences don’t need to be that severe. They do need to go all the way to the top. Applying the maximum penalty is how conservative jurisprudence works, and it’s unnecessary.

        • pup_atlas@pawb.socialEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          They stormed the most secure building in our country with the express purpose of stealing control of our government while openly shouting they wanted to hang the VP and members of congress, with the gallows they brought.

          If that isn’t the textbook example of seditious treason, what is? They should have the book thrown at them. To do any less is to endorse and encourage this behavior.

    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      14·
      9 months ago

      Don’t worry, they’ve received the most severe of all punishments: a sternly worded letter.

    • doctorcrimson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      Technically, it’s not treason unless it helps a country that the US is officially at war with. It’s Sedition and Election Interference by US Legal Definition.

  • pivot_root@lemmy.worldEnglish
    751·
    9 months ago

    Wow, I stand corrected. When this first happened, I said nobody domestic could actually be stupid enough to break multiple federal and state laws doing this, but here we are.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        281·
        9 months ago

        It’s 2024 and not only is Trump still not in prison after dozens of crimes, including national security breaches that would put any non-elite person behind bars for life, but he’s allowed to just fucking run for president again…

        I wonder how much longer it’ll take for the people to realize the courts are irreversibly captured, and the existing system too corrupt and compromised to prevent a fascist takeover. I expect that time will come only after the fascist takeover. Either way, this slow death is pathetic to watch.

        • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          9 months ago

          If Obama had led an insurrection, it’d have been war in the streets and they’d have swept him away to some military black site, never to be seen again.

          USA ✊

            • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
              6·
              9 months ago

              Not even trolling. Can you imagine what would have happened if the first black president had tried to cling to power on his way out?

              USA: Not okay.

              • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                9 months ago

                i apologize, I misread your comment. Thought you were saying you’d have been in the streets.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    9 months ago

    I seriously hope they throw the book at them, HARD. Close the shop, and put the people responsible behind bars.

    • NovaPrime@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      The people responsible are the politicians who funded this shit. They’re not going to put themselves behind bars

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    381·
    9 months ago

    People complain about the US international policy… but apparently election interference also just results in “cease & desist”.

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
      101·
      9 months ago

      The AG’s office said it is investigating “whether Life Corporation worked with or at the direction of any other persons or entities.”

      This likely means more is coming. You build a case from the bottom up. Getting the small fish only stops the symptoms, you have to get them and the whales, or at least use them to get there.

      • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        9 months ago

        They’ve been “building cases” against trump for years now. I won’t hold my breath.

        • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          And his empire is days to weeks from a decision that will destroy it. He lost a huge defamation case because nobody competent will represent him. He’s under multiple criminal proceedings.

          This is all happening right in front of your eyes yet you deny it.

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      So, just run in guns blazing? It’s unclear what you think they could have investigated by this point.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    An anti-voting robocall that used an artificially generated clone of President Biden’s voice has been traced to a Texas company called Life Corporation “and an individual named Walter Monk,” according to an announcement by New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella yesterday.

    The robocalls “illegally spoofed their caller ID information to appear to come from a number belonging to a former New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair,” the AG’s office said.

    Formella, a Republican, said that “AI-generated recordings used to deceive voters have the potential to have devastating effects on the democratic election process.”

    The New York Times reports that “a subsidiary of Life Corporation called Voice Broadcasting Corp., which identifies Mr. Monk as its founder on its website, has received numerous payments from the Republican Party’s state committee in Delaware, most recently in 2022, as well as payments from congressional candidates in both parties.”

    “The FCC may proceed to require other network providers affiliated with Lingo to block its traffic should the company continue this behavior,” the agency said.

    The FCC is separately planning a vote to declare that the use of AI-generated voices in robocalls is illegal under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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