[Frost1x]

Spam callers come to mind. Some of it may be due to some technical nature that made it difficult/impossible to enforce but we've had donotcall.gov and all sorts of legislation for fines and penalitoes and I still get slews of spam solicitations to this day.

I think the general consensus for your average citizen and consumer these days is that they are voiceless and powerless in most these situations while lots of posturing and theatrics go on between government and businesses, all while fleecing your average citizen and consumer.

Most see a lot more erosion than we see realized improvements in daily life from rights, regulatory action, or market trends/shifts.

[Thorrez]

I wonder if the spam calling companies keep appearing and disappearing so quickly that it's hard for the government to find them. That's not the case for airlines.

[encryptluks2]

It isn't that it is hard to find them but politicians are afraid of setting limits on cold calling because politicians themselves frequently use questionable call lists to robocall people. Also, they are too weak to sanction countries where spam calls are mostly originating. I believe the should start treating robocallers like terrorists, maybe drone a couple call centers and watch as they stop almost overnight.

[Thorrez]

>politicians are afraid of setting limits on cold calling because politicians themselves frequently use questionable call lists to robocall people.

I think they sometimes avoid this problem by only putting restrictions on commercial entities, not on political or charitable entities:

>In Michigan, commercial vendors are not permitted to robocall individuals without prior consent, but political campaigns and charitable organizations are exempt from any such restrictions.[1]

There does seem to be some bipartisan support for fighting spam calls.[2]

[1] https://www.michiganelectionlaw.com/political-spam-text-emai...

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/31/traced-act-signed-into-law...