חוק התקשורת (בזק ושידורים) (תיקון מס' 72), התשע"ח-2018Law on Communications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) (Amendment No. 72), 2018 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The law was passed in its second and third readings on 21 May 2018 (hereinafter – the Law), and it amends Section 30A of the Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 1982, which concerns the transmission of an advertisement by means of a telecommunications facility. The law establishes two amendments: First amendment – the law expands the definition of "advertisement" so that a prohibition will apply to sending a message to the general public if it includes a proposal to the recipient to call a particular phone number in order to receive any message. Excluded from the prohibition is a message from the state and its institutions, as well as a message whose purpose is to convey information sent by a rescue body in order to fulfill its function. In addition, the Minister of Communications was authorized, with the approval of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, to expand the list of bodies permitted to send such a message to the general public, and also to determine different types of messages that a designated body may send. Second amendment – the law establishes a prohibition on an advertiser dialing a recipient by means of an automatic dialing system and disconnecting the call before it is answered, with the intention of causing the recipient to call back the same number, so that the advertiser can then play the recipient an advertisement ("ring and cut").

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