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Lawmakers Urge Carriers to Expand Data After 100B Spam Attacks

5/22/2026

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Lawmakers urged AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to expand data collection after billions of fraudulent calls and texts hit consumers in 2024-2025.
The CTIA said carriers blocked 55 billion spam texts and 45 billion scam calls in 2024, yet Americans got over 50 billion robocalls in 2025 and 19 billion spam texts per month.
USTelecom senior VP Josh Bercu pledged coordinated anti-scam partnerships while consumer advocate Eden Iscil urged financial liability to push firms further.

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Lawmakers urged AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to expand data collection after billions of fraudulent calls and texts hit consumers in 2024-2025.
The CTIA said carriers blocked 55 billion spam texts and 45 billion scam calls in 2024, yet Americans got over 50 billion robocalls in 2025 and 19 billion spam texts per month.
USTelecom senior VP Josh Bercu pledged coordinated anti-scam partnerships while consumer advocate Eden Iscil urged financial liability to push firms further.