FCC Joins FTC on Do Not Call List

The FCC will coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission on the implementation of a national do-not-call registry for consumers who wish to avoid telemarketing calls. The registry is nationwide in scope, includes all telemarketers (with the exception of certain non-profit organizations), and covers both interstate and intrastate telemarketing calls. Calls regarding political and religious speech will not be subject to the do-not call requirements.


The national database will be administered by the FTC. The FCC will not require states to discontinue the use of their own do-not-call lists once the national do-not-call registry goes into effect. A state may choose to implement a more restrictive do-not-call list for in-state telemarketing, but any names on the national list must also be included on the state-level do-not-call-list.
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