Mississippi AG launches robocall roundup targeting providers

Attorney General Lynn Fitch has launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force, including Attorney General Fitch and 50 other state attorneys general, to crack down on robocalls across the country.

The Attorney General’s Office said Thursday that Fitch sent warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls being routed through their networks.  

The AG said that the providers warned Thursday haven’t complied with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules about responding to government traceback requests, haven’t registered in the FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Databases, or haven’t filed a plan that describes how they will reduce illegal robocalls on their network. By disregarding these simple rules, the AG said these companies are allowing robocallers onto their phone networks and then passing their calls on to other downstream providers until they reach the phones of Mississippians.

According to the AG, the task force is also sending the warnings letters to 99 downstream providers that accept call traffic from the 37 companies, “so that they know they’re doing business with bad actors that are not willing to follow the rules that apply to everyone equally.”