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2024-08-04 20:10:23 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The call recording was not illegal. Georgia is a ‘one party consent’ state. This means what it says, a call can be recorded as long as one party on the call consents. So this wasn’t just a perfect call, it was a perfectly legal call recording. http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/georgia-recording-law#:~:text=Georgia%20Wiretapping%20Law,party%20to%20the%20conversation%20consents. https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/yes-its-legal-to-record-a-phone-call-in-georgia-without-telling-the-other-person/

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• The call recording was not illegal. Georgia is a ‘one party consent’ state. This means what it says, a call can be recorded as long as one party on the call consents. So this wasn’t just a perfect call, it was a perfectly legal call recording. http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/georgia-recording-law#:~:text=Georgia%20Wiretapping%20Law,party%20to%20the%20conversation%20consents. https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/yes-its-legal-to-record-a-phone-call-in-georgia-without-telling-the-other-person/