Phone companies will have more freedom to block robocalls as U.S. regulators move to protect them from the legal consequences of doing so
Americans have received billions of robocalls and shelled out untold sums to scammers pretending to be IRS representatives, health-care providers, government
officials and others. But so far, lawmakers have had a hard time making robocalls stop. WSJ's Spencer Macnaughton explains why. Photo: Rob Alcaraz/The Wall Street Journal
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