---
title: FTC announces major crackdown on robocalls
metaTitle: "FTC Announces Major Crackdown on Robocalls"
slug: ftc-announces-major-crackdown-on-robocalls
date: "2019-06-25T15:36:16-05:00"
image:
  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/undefined.webp"
sourcePublisher:
  name: CBS News
  url: cbsn.ws
sourceArticle:
  url: "https://cbsn.ws/30eYcXD"
tags: [FTC, Robocalls]
status: published
---

The Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement plan to file charges against several companies and individuals as part of a major government clampdown on illegal robocalls.

The mission, known as “Operation Call it Quits,” includes two FTC commissioners from the opposite ends of the political spectrum: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a Democrat, and Noah Phillips, a Republican.
 
The government says that there are tens of billions of robocalls made every year -- and when it comes to those calls, Phillips said, there’s no political disagreement “whatsoever...”