FCC hopes to shut down robocallers by publishing numbers weekly
by Megan Geuss
On Wednesday the Federal Communications Commission said that it would begin releasing a spreadsheet every week of numbers belonging to robocallers and telemarketers in the hopes of making it easier for third parties to build Do Not Call functions into their products.
The spreadsheet, published as a downloadable CSV file, contains numbers reported through informal consumer complaints. "Consumer complaints to the FCC are a vital tool in the agency's work," a statement by the FCC said. "Complaints about unwanted calls and texts are by far the largest complaint category to the agency, with over
215,000 complaints last year."I don't think that will work: it's another whack-a-mole game, and I'm surprised that the FCC would try it.
This may be a case of the FCC commissioners feeling that they must do "something", and not thinking it through.
Bill Horne Moderator
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