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points by nilamo 3 days ago | 0 comments
That is the law in the usa also. Any cell contact, from a business to an individual, without a preexisting business relationship, is illegal via the TCPA. But that's never actually enforced, so...
[–] solyin 3 days ago
Yes it is. There's a whole industry of baiting spammers and then suing them.

https://www.leadshook.com/blog/biggest-tcpa-lawsuits/

[–] nilamo 3 days ago
And yet there's tons of people in here still getting spam calls. Maybe the fines need to be 10x, clearly it isn't enough of a deterrent.