FTC to Release Robocall Phone Numbers Every Business Day for Industry to Block Them
The FTC will share consumer complaints about robocaller phone numbers every business day to carriers and others that have implemented call-blocking technologies, the commission said in a Tuesday news release. The numbers will be used in "blacklists" or databases of…
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phone numbers flagged for complaints, said the agency. New data, including the date and time a call was received, what the call was about and if it was a robocall, also will be provided, the release said. More than 1.9 million complaints were filed in the first five months of the year, the agency said. "Kvetch and release" was the title of the agency's blog post about the initiative.