We may yet be able to turn the tide in the battle against robocalling, the highly unpopular sales practice of blasting consumers with prerecorded telemarketing messages. After issuing an official cry for help, the Federal Trade Commission reports it has received more than 200 ideas for technology-based solutions to the scourge. The FTC regularly sues robocallers for illegally pestering consumers, but the efforts have not been enough to stop the problem. As a result, the agency offered a $50,000 bounty for the best proposal from an innovative entrepreneur or small startup.
More than 200,000 complaints about robocalls are filed every month
Illegal robocalls have proliferated thanks to internet telephony, which makes it cheap and easy for...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/2/3828280/government-robocall-challenge-crowdsources-more-than-200-ideas
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