Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is partnering with 46 other attorneys general to urge the Federal Communications Commission to work to improve the Robocall Mitigation Database.
Right now, voice service providers must register on the FCC’s database to operate in the United States, but due to a loophole that A.G. Coleman calls unmonitored, the database hasn’t done much to prevent robo-callers, giving ‘bad actors’ the ability to access the U.S. telephone network.
The attorneys general want the FCC to strengthen the database, including with penalties for providers who submit false or inadequate information by preventing them from operating. If adopted, the proposed changes would make it harder for robo-callers to gain access to the entire U.S. telephone network, effectively lessening the number of illegal robocalls.
According to a news release, in October alone, a monthly report estimated Kentucky received 53.6 million robocalls and that nearly 5 billion robocalls were placed nationwide.