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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If you're in America you can add your name to the National Do Not Call Registry. Telemarketers seem to be ignoring it in recent years, but for many years I received almost zero spam calls. The feds just have to be prodded into enforcing it again. The penalties can be up to $1000 per call for high-volume offenders, like the autodialer services small businesses subscribe to.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is that even a thing anymore or did that also get demolished by DOGE? It seems like anything that benefits companies but screws consumers and citizens is being dismantled

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Pretty sure it's still a thing since the website still works. When DOGE shuts things down they tend to trash or turn off the sites.