Consumers Union Launches Campaign to Empower Consumers to End Robocalls

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Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, launched a new campaign to help consumers stop unwanted and illegal robocalls. The campaign is calling on the top telephone companies to offer customers free tools that effectively block robocalls from going through. "Americans are sick and tired of robocallers that invade their homes and try to rip them off with predatory scams,” said Christina Tetreault, staff attorney for Consumers Union. “It’s time for phone companies to stop dragging their feet and empower consumers to put an end to unwanted robocalls.”

Consumers Union has long pushed phone carriers to take action to stop robocalls. But now the organization is mobilizing tens of thousands of fed up consumers across the country to demand that Verizon, Century Link, and AT&T give customers the choice to use call-blocking technologies to stop unwanted robocalls. So far, over 75,000 people have signed the petition urging the phone carriers to give customers that choice.


Consumers Union Launches Campaign to Empower Consumers to End Robocalls