COLUMBIA, S.C., July 9 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:
JUL 09, 2026
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) -Attorney General Alan Wilsonand48otherattorneys generaltoday called onthe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tostrengthenrules that wouldmake it harder for scammers to make robocalls from legitimate telephone numbers by cutting offscammers'access to those telephone numbers. TheAnti-RobocallMultistateLitigation Task Forceasked the FCCto work on this issue in 2021,andmembers of thiscoalitionarenow responding to the FCC's proposed rules.
"Robocalls aren't just annoying, they're often illegal," Attorney General Wilson stated. "People are sick and tired of them, and I'm working with attorneys general from around...