Missouri AG Asks FCC To Approve Proposal To Allow Phone Companies To Block Telemarketing Calls
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster encouraged FCC members to approve Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposal to protect Americans from unwanted robocalls, spam text messages and telemarketing calls (see 1505270048), said the AG in a news release. Last September, Koster and Indiana…
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Attorney General Greg Zoeller submitted a letter signed by 37 other state and territorial attorneys general to the FCC urging the commission to recognize call-blocking filters as legally allowable, if requested by customers, the release said. The FCC will vote on the chairman’s proposal at the commission meeting June 18. Koster said his office received more than 52,000 complaints last year about unwanted calls, most of which were robocalls, it said. “Missouri’s no-call law has been very effective, but newer technologies enable unwanted callers to place hundreds or even thousands of robocalls in an instant. I urge the FCC to allow phone companies to offer customers a way to block unwanted calls,” Koster said.