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@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy.

• 23:45 Stop Political Calls BLOG: GOP (NRSC) Makes Robos Today Against Specter in PA (Audio) ow.ly/4tSW #robos #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 07:53 Thanks - @RBJchik: Stop Political Robocalls. Add yourself to the do not call list: www.stoppoliticalcalls.org/index.php #
• 08:00 Reports of Moveon.org robo calls in CA. Anyone get it? Let me know (PLS RT) #robos #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 08:08 Gawker - Swift, Brutal Retribution Against Specter - Arlen Specter ow.ly/4wkU #robs #
• 08:11 More reports of school districts using robos about #Swineful. #robos (good use, fyi) Seatle, LA, DC, TX #
• 08:20 GOP using Specter's own campaign ads against him << - Blogs from CNN.com ow.ly/4wl5 #robos #TopProg #TCOT #
• 09:18 #robos GOP (NRSC) Makes Robos Today Against Specter in PA (Audio): Just in from the Politico: Republicans .. tinyurl.com/c3wfpg #
• 09:18 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 23:.. tinyurl.com/c3htaw #
• 13:51 Beware of vishing, the newest form of #robos attack ow.ly/4zux #
• 14:15 (Audio) MoveOn.org Making Robocalls To Members To, Get This, Get Their E-Mail Address ow.ly/4zH2 #robos #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 14:30 Looking for a graphic designer willing to do a pro-bono project to create a logo for PrivacyCampDC. Ex: is.gd/l8tU (PLS RT) #
• 14:37 Event - I'm speaking 5.21 - Thought Leadership - Using Internet 2.0 to Demonstrate Expertise - ow.ly/4A2k (DC Bar) #
• 15:45 New Event I'm helping with - PrivacyCampDC2009 - ow.ly/4ABm #PrivacyDC #
• 16:12 #robos MoveOn.org Making Robocalls To Members To, Get This, Get Their E-Mail Address: While monitoring Twi.. tinyurl.com/dgy4y4 #
• 16:29 heading to mason to teach my final class! See you there #Mason #
• 18:11 #robos Audio - NRSC robo call in PA against Sestak - #TopProg #P2 #TCOT ow.ly/4BLI #
• 18:25 TheHill.com - NRSC targets Specter with early attacks ow.ly/4BMl #robos #
• 22:07 RT @lessig: RT @adambonin: NPR: Souter retiring. tinyurl.com/dx8xf3 #
• 22:37 Check out PrivacyCamp DC ow.ly/4Dpy (PLS RT) #PrivacyDC #TopProg #P2 #

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MoveOn.org Making Robocalls To Members To, Get This, Get Their E-Mail Address

While monitoring Twitter this morning, this Tweet got my attention from California.

• Thanks for the robo-call Moveon.org. What the he'll do you want?

Why?  Well, MoveOn.org is a very large and powerful progressive organization that has over 3.2 million members nationwide.   I was interested in finding out what they were calling about and why?  This was the first time that I had heard about MoveOn using robocalls and, if they were using them for advocacy I wanted to know what issue they were moving their members for a particular issue or bill.

It turns out that MoveOn.org is using robocalls to ask members to, get this, update their email address!  Not to ask them to call their congressman or the White House.  Not to ask them to donate.  And not to ask them to vote for a particular candidate.

Simply:  To update your email address.

Here is the audio file.

Here is the transcript:

"...we don't need you to call your Senator.  We just need to know what email address we can reach you at.  The email address that we have for you stopped working.  So I wanted to ask you to take a quick second to update your address.  You can do it over the phone right now.  All you have to is press 1 and spell out your email address.  It just takes a second.  That way we will be able to keep you up to date on the great work MoveOn and the 3.2 million members are doing every day to win back the country from radical Republicans.  So please just press 1 and thank you for your time...."

Caller ID = 866.459.6050
Call back number = 800.828.0395

Some comments:

1. This is the first time I've heard of advocacy organizations using robo calls to get members to update email addresses that no longer are responding.  I wonder how effective this method is.  I know that MoveOn is a very metric driven organization, so it must work (or they are experimenting).
2. Robocalls are illegal in CA.  This particular robocall was made into California.   Unfortunately for MoveOn, robo calls in CA are illegal, unless introduced by a live person.   Here is a link to the law and more about this regulation in the State of CA.
3. The technology used is unlike anything I've seen before.  Essentially the listener is asked to spell out their email address into a voice "mail" recording.   I'd be interested in knowing about the accuracy of the systems they have transcribing the new email address and how they match the email to the correct name and phone number.
4. The Content:  The "call to action" is to win back the country from "radical republicans".  I don't know about you, but that goal seems to have been reached, pretty clearly :)

Anyone else get this?

@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy.

• 23:40 Tweet of the day - Wellpoint illegal CA robocalls to members draws criticism - ow.ly/4jxt #robos #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 00:11 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 23:.. tinyurl.com/d68sqa #
• 08:01 RT @maryb1161: Someone tried to 'teabag' me in a robo call tonight...it was so disgusting! I need to take a shower... #
• 08:02 State House Speaker Say Criticizes 'Robo-Calls' | KGMB9 News Hawaii ow.ly/4mQ8 #robos #
• 08:03 Accountable America robocalling Rep. Biggert #robos (IL) ow.ly/4mQr #
• 09:59 AT Event - Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Washington DC - #M4ChangeDC ow.ly/4nKh #
• 10:10 Looking to get to 100,000 MEMBERS of StopPoliticalCalls.org in May. Can we do it? (RT Please) is.gd/cIvl #TopProg #p2 #TCOT #
• 10:20 Hashtag for Mobile Tech 4 Change is #m4change ow.ly/4o19 #
• 10:26 RT @mythrandyr: I'm more likely 2 believe a candidate wants my opinions if they don't use -- robocalls. Improves their chances from 0% 2 2%. #
• 11:04 When Hope's a Bummer: Citizens Slightly Less Pleased with e-Gov in the Age of Obama | @techPresident ow.ly/4oke #
• 12:01 RT @acarvin: Please retweet: launching swine flu volunteer network 2 coordinate relevant online volunteer projects: swineflu.ning ... #
• 12:02 Swine Flu Volunteer Network - Online volunteers working together to address the swine flu ow.ly/4oRj #SwineFlu #
• 12:46 Awesome stuff! Watch video on 100 Days of Conservative Opposition: is.gd/vnSH #
• 12:50 #robos #swineflu - Reports of robo calls in CA school districts ow.ly/4pkR #
• 13:53 RT @polldaddy: RT @IsCool What is your Mobile Phone of Choice? #M4Change poll.fm/xuqi #
• 14:31 RT @PrivacyLaw: “Some colleges checking out applicants' social networking posts” tinyurl.com/cokm3a #
• 14:32 RT @PrivacyLaw: “Andrew Speaker, who had TB, sues CDC over privacy” tinyurl.com/d9vsqg #
• 14:33 WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show: Your RoboCall is About to Expire (April 29, 2009) ow.ly/4qoO Verizon trying to stop the calls? #robos #
• 14:37 What is your Mobile Phone of Choice? #M4Change poll.fm/xuqi #
• 15:11 Federal report shines light on Google's EMR lobbying efforts ow.ly/4qDw #
• 15:24 Local politicians get access to 'do not call' list ow.ly/4qPr (Canada following US) #robos #
• 15:25 Robocall: No Swine Flu in D.C., People, SO DON'T PANIC! -- Politics Daily ow.ly/4qPA #robos #SwineFlu #
• 18:42 GOP group launches anti-Specter robocalls - #robos ow.ly/4sfw #
• 19:02 Looking for the robocall from the GOP against Specter today. If you have audio, let me know. PLS RT #TopProg #TCOT #P2 #robos #
• 19:05 Robocall audio - Republicans tie Specter to Bush - POLITICO.com ow.ly/4skK #robos #topprog #p2 #tcot #
• 20:27 Just got a Health Insurance Company "research" call (live) #
• 20:29 RT @wbay2: AP: GOP group launches anti-Specter robocalls - bit.ly/fxYsO - Action 2 News Reports #
• 20:30 Love it. RT @KuraFire: This is the second notice that I will personally maim whoever invented the robo-call technology if I ever meet them. #
• 20:33 Robocalls are really phone spam. #
• 20:35 What is your Mobile Phone of Choice? #M4Change poll.fm/xuqi #
• 21:09 NRSC Launches RoboCalls To Remind Pennsylvania Dem Voters Of Specter's GOP Roots | TPMDC ow.ly/4tme #
• 21:12 Meet Democrat Arlen Specter ow.ly/4tnS (NRSC website) #
• 21:55 Stop Political Calls BLOG: GOP (NRSC) Makes Robos Today Against Specter in PA (Audio) ow.ly/4txh #robos #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 22:08 RT @PrivacyLaw: “Flash cookies and behavioral tracking: a proposal” tinyurl.com/ddc3f3 #privacy #
• 22:37 Dont' want to be tracked by Internet Advertisers? NAI Opt-Out Here (RT PlS) ow.ly/4tOp #

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GOP (NRSC) Makes Robos Today Against Specter in PA (Audio)

Just in from the Politico:

Republicans are taking a page out of the Democrats’ tried-and-tested playbook: They’re trying to dent Sen. Arlen Specter’s popularity among Democrats in Pennsylvania by tying him to former President Bush.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is launching about 100,000 robo-calls to registered Democrats in Pennsylvania, reminding voters of Specter’s relationship with the former president.

“I’ve recorded this message…to help you welcome your newest Republican senator, Arlen Specter,” a narrator on the call says. “We wanted to make sure that we properly introduced him to you.”

The phone call then features audio from Bush’s endorsement of Specter during his competitive 2004 GOP primary against Toomey.

“I’m here to say it as plainly as I can, Arlen Specter is the right man for the United States Senate,” Bush says in the robo-call. "I can count on this man -- see that's important.  He's a firm ally when it matters most."

This, to my knowledge, is the first time Republicans have invoked former President Bush to engender a negative reaction. But since it worked so well for Democrats in 2006 and 2008, why not give it a try?

@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy.

• 23:35 Tweet of the day - Wellpoint illegal CA robocalls to members draws criticism - ow.ly/4b50 #robos #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 00:11 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 23:.. tinyurl.com/c2skef #
• 11:27 UNITE HERE Takes On SEIU: Vegas Edition ow.ly/4fsX #robos #
• 11:30 And she keeps on calling: 'Your car warranty is about to expire' - Hard Drive ow.ly/4ftE #robos #
• 12:02 BREAKING ; Sen Specter (R-PA) to switch parties and become a Democrat (front page WashingtonPost.com) ow.ly/4fC6 #
• 12:12 NOTE: Specter was a co-sponsor of the Robocall Privacy Act in 2008 - Specter To Switch Parties ow.ly/4fHH #robos #TCOT #P2 #TopProg #
• 12:28 Do You Know Where Your Data Are? - WSJ.com ow.ly/4g01 #
• 12:44 RT @Ruth_Z: RT @eastbaychase: VA-Gov candidate @CreighDeeds doing a twinterview with @thehotline right now #
• 14:45 Robocall Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia ow.ly/4h9i #robos #
• 14:46 Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller alerts Hoosiers about Illegal Phone Calls from Telemarketers - #robosow.ly/4h9l #
• 14:58 Checking out Politics.com ow.ly/4hbf #
• 15:07 RT @J_Chiles_Esq: old saybrook schools just dropped a #swineflu robo call #
• 15:07 Anyone getting #SwineFlu robocalls from schools / Govts? #robos #
• 15:46 FTC says Internet firms near last chance (that is what the FTC said last time - last chance until we say it again!) ow.ly/4hyH #
• 20:01 #SwineFlu #robos in upstate NY... ow.ly/4ji9 #
• 20:02 #SwineFlu #Robos in MN school district ow.ly/4jim #
• 20:04 #robos AFL-CIO on Mel Martinez ow.ly/4jiv (Orlando, FL) #
• 20:12 Anyone getting #SwineFlu robocalls from schools / Govts? #robos #Gov2.0 # #
• 21:15 #Robos #TeaParty Reports of Robo Calls in Ohio about Tea Party today? | OhioDaily ow.ly/4k3Q #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 22:33 RT @ranggrol: RT @davidbadash - NOM Using Robo-Calls In New Hampshire, Including Misleading 'Patch-Thru Calls': ow.ly/4kak #

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@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

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• 23:10 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 00:.. tinyurl.com/cv5ryv #
• 10:48 Reports of Kilgore #robos in Virginia for Brownlee. If you have the audio, please let me know (PLS RT) #
• 12:27 RT @julieb: Just had a robocall. Must be spring election season. The candidate hired an out-of-area firm. Just lost MY vote. #robos #
• 12:58 Reports of Pittsburgh mayor candidates making robo calls #robos. Let's hope she loses ow.ly/47dG #TopProg #
• 15:55 Wellpoint illegal CA robocalls to members draws criticism - ow.ly/48Eq #robos #TopProg #P2 #TCOT #
• 21:48 Kilgore robo-calling delegates for Brownlee #robos (Audio) ow.ly/4b8K #
• 21:51 More on Car warranty scam harasses cell phone users ow.ly/4b8T #robos (WI) #
• 22:00 Michael Geist - Why the ECPA Lays the Groundwork To Kill The Do-Not Call List ow.ly/4bal (Canada) #
• 22:05 RT @JessicaGottlieb: just got LAUSD robo call re: swine flu basically says "don't worry we're watching" #
• 22:05 First reports of #robos used to communicate about #SwineFlu in LA Unified School District. Anyone else? #

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@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

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• 00:11 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 23:.. tinyurl.com/cok6hs #
• 08:57 More on the Illegal Wellpoint CA #robos - : Insurer Begins Robo-Calls on Healthcare ow.ly/3ZuY #

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@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

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• 23:51 Tweet of day - CT - National Organization for Marriage makes Robos in Connecticut to protect marriage #TopProg #P2 #TCOT ow.ly/3T28 #
• 00:11 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 23:.. tinyurl.com/cs23jj #
• 09:55 VOTE: The Worst Media Moment of Obama's First 100 Days ow.ly/3UKH #
• 10:17 RT @PrivacyLaw: “AT&T Sends Mixed Message On Behavioral Advertising” tinyurl.com/dat9h5 #
• 10:21 Throwing it All Away: Community, Data Privacy and False Choices of Web 2.0 by Eli Edwards ow.ly/3UWP #
• 10:22 Car warranty companies pestering cell phone users - WTHR | Indianapolis ow.ly/3UWT #robos #
• 10:30 Online Privacy Law On The Way, Congressman Promises | Epicenter from Wired.com ow.ly/3UUt #
• 10:35 Automated Scam Calls Coming to Cell Phones - :: Cincinnati news story :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati ow.ly/3UX1 #robos #
• 10:55 Arkansas AG Investigating Car Warranty Calls - todaysthv.com | KTHV | Little Rock, AR ow.ly/3UX4 #robos #
• 15:01 RT @TracyDaniel: Just got a political robocall in April, 2009. I have voted against people I was leaning to because their calls annoyed me. #
• 15:33 Curious Why Telemarketers Ignore Do Not Call List - wbztv.com ow.ly/3W8F #
• 21:13 More on the CT #robos Why Use Fear When There's So Much Need For Love? -- Courant.com ow.ly/3Xv7 #
• 21:15 U.S. Rep. Steve King making #robos in Iowa on marriage issues #TopProg #P2 ow.ly/3XvL #

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@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

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• 23:09 RT @Reelpolitik: Just got a robocall about voting for Elena Ong and her slate in the Women's Caucus. #CDP09 #
• 23:11 Tweet of the day - Congress to Reexamine Consumer Privacy on Broadband Networks (DPI) ow.ly/3Lee #
• 23:54 Watching - Car Warranty Phone Calls: Can You Stop Them? - WCPO.com ow.ly/3Low #
• 23:55 Conn. Codifies Religions' Exemptions to Gay Marriage #robos #TopProg #p2 ow.ly/3LoI #
• 00:11 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 00:.. tinyurl.com/csar9t #
• 11:39 Kathleen Turner Solicits Support For Obama Nominee with a robo call (Dawn Johnsen) :#robos ow.ly/3OM5 #
• 11:50 Illegal WellPoint #robos in CA - Health insurer's calls to members draws criticism - ow.ly/3OP3 (see my comment for more) #
• 12:40 BOOOO! Not to #robos RT @LucasOglesbee: Getting a Robo Call organized Yay! #
• 12:45 #Robos, CT - National Organization for Marriage makes Robos in Connecticut to protect marriage #TopProg #P2 #TCOT ow.ly/3PfA #
• 14:53 #robos #IL More robo call fun | Peoria Pundit ow.ly/ Caller ID 616-980-2567 #
• 14:56 Congress Targets "Behavioral Ads" | @techPresident ow.ly/3Qd2 #
• 14:58 RT @MS0M303: #IsCool - Amazing Ad - Carousel - Adam Berg - Camera moves but people do not ow.ly/3Poq #
• 15:42 More on congressional hearing on internet ads - BLOG: NebuAd CEO Resigns - ISP "Deep Packet Inspection" May Be Dead ow.ly/3Qyu #
• 15:57 RT @TheFix: BREAKING: Democrat Scott Murphy wins the NY-20 special election. #
• 20:17 Accountable America aims #robos at Biggert (R-IL-13) ow.ly/3S6f #
• 20:19 RT @codymc: Hates robocalls and since I've had 2 from her in 2 days, I think I hate Mary Norwood too #robos #
• 20:19 RT @agentdero: Is today like National Robocall Your Cellphone day? #robos #
• 20:35 New Jersey Moms Blog: NJ School Districts misuse of Robocalls ow.ly/3S97 #

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@EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today

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• 00:12 #robos @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets For Today: Below are all the @EndTheRoboCalls Tweets from today. Enjoy. 23:.. tinyurl.com/co6pq6 #
• 00:34 TCPA Tools - The tools for busting illegal telemarketers ow.ly/3DBD #
• 08:05 #IsCool - Shaun Dakin - Google Profile ow.ly/3F9m #
• 11:22 Cool - My School - RT @ThunderbirdNews: Article: U.S. News ranks Thunderbird No. 1 again ow.ly/3Gx7 #Tbird #
• 11:57 BOOO! RT @andrewghaines: Assisting a few campaigns with direct mail and robo calls...primary election is less than 2 weeks away. #fb #robos #
• 15:21 RT @WisconsinBBB: US Fidelis-sends robo calls-auto warranty is expired. Ripoff! 1,200+ complaints. tinyurl.com/cyl7ga #
• 15:22 #robos #TeaParty - Strange robo-call about Tea Parties - #TopProg #p2 ow.ly/3Ior #
• 15:37 Schneider: Efforts to fend off warranty robocalls short circuit #robos ow.ly/3IsH #
• 15:41 RT @AriMelber: I'm doing MSNBC at about 430pm today (est) with @AlexConant talking about the GOP's evolving attacks on Pres Obama. #
• 15:50 Coal Plant Supporters Funding Robocalls (KS) #robos ow.ly/3IsM #
• 17:07 Just signed up event > Money in Politics 2009: New Horizons for Reform | Brennan Center for Justice ow.ly/3J2n #bccfr #p2 #TopProg #
• 17:16 PA Do Not Call Law changes (not political) State Bill a Push to Keep Phones Silent ow.ly/3JaR #robos #
• 17:39 Congress to Reexamine Consumer Privacy on Broadband Networks (DPI) ow.ly/3JhA #
• 18:02 Reading - With Only Three Months Down, Lawmakers Fill Campaign Coffers ow.ly/3Jlr (via @OpenSecretsDC) #
• 22:11 RT @tacomamama: How to give a mama a heart attack: send out a robo call that her child is absent today (when you dropped her off at school). #

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