State AG Task Force Seeks to Zap Robocalls
State attorneys general formed an anti-robocall task force Tuesday. North Carolina’s Josh Stein (D), Ohio’s Dave Yost (R) and Indiana’s Todd Rokita (R) will lead a bipartisan, 50-AG coalition to investigate and litigate telecom companies that bring foreign robocalls into…
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the U.S. and violate state and federal laws, said Stein: The task force will “hold companies accountable when they turn a blind eye to the robocallers they’re letting on to their networks so they can make more money.” The group issued 20 civil investigative demands to 20 gateway providers, the AG said. Rokita said, “If the telecom industry won't police itself, this unprecedented task force will.” Yost said the illegal calls “are worse than mosquitoes, pesky and annoying,” and the AG coalition “will be a nationwide bug zapper.”