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What Are Geographic Permissions and Why do They Exist?

Geographic permissions, exist to help you protect your application from fraud and abuse, or simply avoid unexpectedly high costs for voice or messaging usage. Geo-Permissions settings allow you to disable numbers from certain countries from receiving voice calls or SMS messages from your Twilio account.

Voice Geo-Permissions

Voice Geo-Permissions (or International Voice Dialing Geographic Permissions), are controlled for your account in Console via the Voice Geo Permissions page.

For more information, please see our article International Voice Dialing Geographic Permissions (Geo Permissions) and How They Work.

SMS Geo-Permissions

SMS Geo-Permissions are controlled for your Twilio account in the Console on the Messaging Geographic Permissions page.

For more information, see International SMS Messaging Geographic Permissions (Geo Permissions) and How They Work.

Verify Geo-Permissions

Verify Geo-Permissions are controlled for your Twilio account in the Console on the Verify Geographic Permissions page.

For more information, see Verify Geo Permissions.



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