FTC crackdown targets operators behind 1 billion robocalls

27 June, 2019 By Lisa Vaas

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday announced a big, fat crackdown in which it’s targeting operators responsible for one billion illegal robocalls. Or, using verbiage more appropriate to our current robocall nightmare, “a drop in the bucket.”

After all, according to the spam-call blocker company YouMail, there were an estimated 4.7 billion robocalls placed in the month of May alone. Still, any dent in that number is welcome.

The commission said that its joint crackdown – the Department of Justice (DOJ) is chipping in – is called “Operation Call It Quits.”

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