Do Not Call List Tops 200 Million, Some Scammers Still Ignore It


The Federal Trade Commission announced a milestone this week: its Do Not Call registry has just passed 200 million numbers.

It’s quite amazing that any of this came to pass, really. When the registry was being considered back in 2002, telemarketing opposition was fierce, and for obvious reasons. The industry was large, powerful, and willing to be unbelievably annoying. It also saw quite clearly that a tough Do Not Call rule would chop off its business at the knees.

So, when the time came to object to the rules being drafted, every card was played: First Amendment rights, the jobs that telemarketing offered to “patrioticâ€