RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is one of the leaders of a bipartisan group of 49 attorneys general pressing federal regulators to close gaps that let robocallers onto the phone network.
In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, the coalition asks the agency to tighten oversight of its Robocall Mitigation Database. Every voice service provider must file a plan there describing how it fights illegal robocalls on its network, but the attorneys general argue bad actors have slipped into the listings.
The group wants the FCC to check the accuracy of what providers submit, require more disclosures and certifications, and toughen the process for suspending or kicking out companies that do not comply. Jackson also wants providers held responsible for the information they file.
North Carolina shares the lead role with Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia are among the dozens of other states that signed on, along with Washington, D.C., American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Jackson said people regularly tell him they are fed up with robocalls. He said a stronger database would mean fewer bad actors could get onto the network and place illegal calls in the first place.
The letter builds on work by a national anti-robocall task force Jackson heads. Through that group, the states launched Operation Robocall Roundup in 2025, putting 37 smaller phone carriers on written notice of their duty to block illegal calls and taking action against four of the nation’s largest intermediate carriers, the companies that pass calls between networks.
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