Fax spam is apparently still a thing.
The Supreme Court sent a fax spam case back to a lower court after determining it erred in deferring to the Federal Communications Commission's legal interpretation. After the FCC said the law didn't cover online fax services, a lower court decertified a class of fax recipients seeking damages for receiving unsolicited ads. SCOTUS says the court should have made its own interpretation, which could be meaningful for medical professionals who still use faxes.
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