Breaking: SCOTUS rules that "a necessary feature" of an ATDS "is the capacity to use a random or sequential number generator to either store or produce phone numbers to be called"

1.0CLP Bloghttps://clpblog.citizen.orgJeff SovernBreaking: SCOTUS rules that "a necessary feature" of an ATDS "is the capacity to use a random or sequential number generator to either store or produce phone numbers to be called" - CLP Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AHxRR1vzet"><a href="https://clpblog.citizen.org/breaking-scotus-rules-that-a-necessary-feature-of-an-atds-is-the-capacity-to-use-a-random-or-sequent/">Breaking: SCOTUS rules that “a necessary feature” of an ATDS “is the capacity to use a random or sequential number generator to either store or produce phone numbers to be called”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clpblog.citizen.org/breaking-scotus-rules-that-a-necessary-feature-of-an-atds-is-the-capacity-to-use-a-random-or-sequent/embed/#?secret=AHxRR1vzet" width="600" height="338" title="“Breaking: SCOTUS rules that “a necessary feature” of an ATDS “is the capacity to use a random or sequential number generator to either store or produce phone numbers to be called”” — CLP Blog" data-secret="AHxRR1vzet" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Here, in Facebook v. Duguid. In other words, if all the device does is call numbers that you specificaly tell it to call, it's not an ATDS within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.