FCC Agrees to Explore Text Message, Short Code Blocking Legality

Calm down! VZW offers free Amber Alerts by going to www.verizonwireless.com and clicking on messaging. ESPN is also safe. The blocks in place stop spamming, while the newly offered premimum SMS block stops a user from subscribing to premimum messaging services. VZW doesn't block anything not deemed harmful to the network or requested blocked by the account holder.