You’ve probably noticed you’re getting more robocalls lately; that’s because efforts to stop them aren’t working fast enough.
A new report from U.S. Public Interest Research Group shows spam robocalls have hit a six-year high in the U.S., increasing by 20% so far in 2025. Locally, people living in Cleveland and Akron receive about 70 scam and illegal telemarketing calls each year.
The report also found that the number of phone companies using federally mandated robocall-blocking technology has dropped from 47% to 44% this year…