By David O. Klein
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> On August 22, 2019, it was announced that 51 state attorneys general
> and 12 telecommunications service providers (AT&T, Bandwidth,
> CenturyLink, Charter, Comcast, Consolidated, Frontier, Sprint,
> T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon and Windstream) have collaborated to
> implement certain anti-robocalling principles intended to protect
> consumers from the growing scourge of illegal robocalls. In announcing
> this initiative, the state attorneys general highlighted the fact that
> robocalls are generally their number one source of consumer
> complaints. Working in partnership with the attorneys general, the
> telecommunications service providers have agreed to adopt eight
> anti-robocalling principles aimed at the prevention and enforcement of
> illegal calls.
I'm confused. Another message was titled "Cable industry fights plan to require robocall-detection technology".
So they're implementing it, but fighting a government *requirement* for it?