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To: Greg Abbott
End Endless Unwanted Political Text Advertisements
I would like to make all political advertisements via text message to be opt in instead of opt out only. The public can mark them as spam, or reply with stop, only to have another one pop in moments later from a new phone number. My email does a better job of acknowledging spam and placing it in a separate folder. It is absolutely disruptive as it is a new number everytime so my phone cannot ignore it or silence notifications as it does with other numbers I have preselected it to do so.
Please make all advertisements opt in. As an auto dealer in Texas I am not allowed to advertise or even discuss anything with a client unless they have agreed to proceed in that fashion. Why are these political ads not held to the same standard?
Please make all advertisements opt in. As an auto dealer in Texas I am not allowed to advertise or even discuss anything with a client unless they have agreed to proceed in that fashion. Why are these political ads not held to the same standard?
Why is this important?
I truly believe the inundation of these political advertisements without an opt out method that works is disruptive. The constant barrage with the wording of some of them can affect mental health and is in no way beneficial to the person receiving them. It also confuses some of the population who is told not to click on links from unknown numbers as they may be hacks and yet every one of these advertisements from unknown numbers is accompanied with a link. These advertisements via text must be OPT IN going forward. Not Opt Out.