The FCC continues to explore potential text message regulations to block illegal messages and apply caller ID standards to SMS. Specifically, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in September 2022 that addresses text messaging similar to how it deals with robocalling. As a basis for the new FCC SMS regulations, the FCC indicates that consumers receive more illegal and unwanted text messages that jeopardize their privacy now than ever.
The new rule would require mobile carriers to block texts from unused, unallocated, invalid or do-not-originate (DNO) numbers. The NPRM also explores whether spoofing is a significant problem with text messaging.