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>politicians are afraid of setting limits on cold calling because politicians themselves frequently use questionable call lists to robocall people. I think the
by Thorrez 4y ago
>politicians are afraid of setting limits on cold calling because politicians themselves frequently use questionable call lists to robocall people.
I think they sometimes avoid this problem by only putting restrictions on commercial entities, not on political or charitable entities:
>In Michigan, commercial vendors are not permitted to robocall individuals without prior consent, but political campaigns and charitable organizations are exempt from any such restrictions.[1]
There does seem to be some bipartisan support for fighting spam calls.[2]
[1] https://www.michiganelectionlaw.com/political-spam-text-email-messages https://www.michiganelectionlaw.com/political-spam-text-emai...
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/31/traced-act-signed-into-law-putting-robocallers-on-notice/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/31/traced-act-signed-into-law...