Regulators are working with the telecommunications industry to find ways to authenticate calls, which would help unmask the callers. But having to sort robocalls from emergency calls has cost him precious minutes. Advocates fear that it will open up the field to even more robocallers, leaving consumers with little recourse. The federal Do Not Call List, which is supposed to help consumers avoid robocalls, instead resembles a tennis net trying to stop a flood. The Federal Trade Commission, which oversees the Do Not Call Registry, said there were 4.5 million complaints about robocalls in 2017, more than double the 2.18 million complaints logged in 2013.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2018 06:56 UTC