Utah AG Joins Multi-state Probe Into Illegal Robocalls

More than 187 million illegal robocalls were recorded in Utah alone,

Dang Robocalls!

Encouraging news from Fox13 news. For once. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is actually doing something useful. Here's the lede, Peeps:

In a statement, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes announced his participation alongside 40 other state attorneys general. The coalition is reviewing what telecom companies are doing to combat illegal robocalls.
“To be clear, we are not talking about first amendment protected robocalls like political messages or calls from bona fide charities. While some find these calls annoying, they are legal,” Reyes said in a statement “However, if the recording is a sales pitch and you have not provided authorization, the call is illegal. To trick you into answering a call, many robocalls fake the caller ID information you see on your phone. This is called spoofing and is also illegal. It is these practices and types of robocalls we are focused on stopping.”

More than 187 million illegal robocalls were recorded in Utah alone, the attorney general’s office said. Many come from overseas using spoofed numbers.

See what me mean? It's high time, we think, for Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to do something useful, rather than wasting Utah taxpayer money on bullshit lawsuits.