{
  "id": 4952520,
  "title": "US Congress seeks to identify foreign countries behind scam calls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/us-congress-seeks-to-identify-foreign-countries-behind-scam-calls",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T22:30:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3366036/us-congress-seeks-identify-foreign-countries-behind-scam-calls"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US lawmakers are working to identify the foreign countries responsible for the surge in unlawful robocalls targeting Americans, as part of a larger effort to combat phone scams. The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee passed the bipartisan \"Foreign Robocall Elimination Act,\" which directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish an inter-agency task force focused on tracing unlawful robocalls from overseas. The task force would study the volume of these calls, their financial impact, and assess how countries could collaborate to authenticate international calls and incentivize cooperation with US law enforcement. While China is not named explicitly, it is acknowledged that major scam operations are concentrated in Southeast Asia, with US officials linking many to Chinese criminal networks.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US Congress seeks to identify foreign countries behind scam calls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/us-congress-seeks-to-identify-foreign-countries-behind-scam-calls-4957685",
        "published": "2026-09-01T22:30:49.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}