A group of senators is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its existing authority to stop unwanted telemarketing robocalls.
While acknowledging that new regulations may be needed under certain circumstances, the group said that current FCC regulations already prohibit many of the activities that are causing the onslaught of robocalls. More than 1.25 billion of unwanted telemarketing calls are made every month, a situation that “threatens the trustworthiness and usefulness” of the country’s phone system, they said.
