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On Friday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that the number of consumer complaints about unwanted telemarketing phone calls has dropped over 50% since 2021, continuing a trend that started three years ago.

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[โ€“] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

That's HORRIBLE! Fortunately we have Trump soon to STOP This so we can receive UNWANTED CALLS again!

Is this because the FTC does fuck all to curb them so people know it's useless?