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Groups Underscore Importance of Closing Lead-Generator Loophole

Various consumer and public interest groups met with aides to FCC Commissioners Anna Gomez and Geoffrey Starks to urge that the FCC move forward on implementing a 2023 order closing the lead generator loophole (see 2312190032). “We explained that the…

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new regulation is widely viewed by all parties to be a highly effective mechanism to cut down on the proliferation of unwanted telemarketing calls,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 20-278. In 2024, there were an average of 1.4 billion telemarketing calls every month in the U.S. “but these calls escalated in late 2024” to more than 1.8 billion, the filing said. The groups that met with the FCC aides included the National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Action, the Consumer Federation of America, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Public Knowledge, National Consumers League and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates also participated. The order becomes effective Jan. 27 but faces a challenge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (see 2412180008).