Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Tuesday that Arkansas is joining a nationwide Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force with 48 other states and the District of Columbia.
The purpose is to investigate and take necessary legal action against the telecommunications companies responsible for allowing a majority of foreign robocalls to enter the United States. The bipartisan task force’s goal is to cut down on illegal robocalls.
The task force has issued civil investigative demands to 20 gateway providers and other entities responsible for a majority of incoming foreign robocall traffic. Gateway providers that allow this traffic to enter the U.S. should ensure that the calls are legal. However, in many cases the companies appear to intentionally refuse to prevent these calls so that their revenue is not negatively impacted. The task force will focus on the bad actors throughout the telecommunications industry to help reduce the number of robocalls that Arkansans receive.
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