The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced yesterday it will start sharing complaint information about illegal robocalls with companies that are developing technology to stop them.
According to the FTC news release, when consumers report Do Not Call or robocall violations to the agency, the robocaller phone numbers consumers provide will be released each day to telecommunications carriers and other industry partners that are implementing call-blocking solutions. Acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen said that this is the kind of public-private partnership the FTC wants to champion.
The announcement further states:
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