The FTC Hates Robo-Marketing Calls Too!

The Federal Trade Commission will issue $50,000 to anyone who can stop robotic marketing calls that are not only illegal, but also constitute crimes against human sanity. As the public well knows, previous efforts to regulate these annoying calls over the years have achieved only limited success–and now the FTC is seeking help wherever it may be found.

David Vladeck, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, explains: “The FTC is attacking illegal robo-calls on all fronts, and one of the things that we can do as a government agency is to tap into the genius and technical expertise among the public.”

The search runs from October 25 to January 17, and applicants must find ways to stop robo-calls on landlines, cell phones, or both (which will result in a higher score).