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The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has made it harder to tell legitimate human interactions from automated or AI-driven impersonations. Modern AI can convincingly replicate voices and generate realistic video calls, enabling malicious actors to exploit technology for financial gain, identity theft, and unauthorized data collection. Fraudsters often impersonate banks, government officials, business associates, or family members via robocalls, text messages, and video calls—and some use deepfake technologies to make scams highly convincing.

The scale of the problem is staggering. U.S. consumers received over 52 billion robocalls in 2025, a large share of which were spam or scam-related. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults report experiencing some form of online scam or attack, often through phone calls, text messages, or emails at least weekly. No demographic is immune: Deloitte reports that Generation Z is more likely to fall victim to online scams than Baby Boomers.

Around 2.3 billion people in 17 countries are affected by full bans, partial bans, throttling, or interference with popular messaging and calling applications. These restrictions impact text messaging, voice calls, and video calls, often across national borders. As a result, families, friends, and communities are unable to communicate freely.

A major reason these restrictions are effective is how most communication platforms identify users.