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Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. The Verge is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 28 Oct 2026, 18:57 UTC. The headline in use is “Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules that would allow prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned under Section 333 and the Communications Act of 1934, with few exceptions, and Carr has noted they've been permitted for use at some…
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