France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls

Post by embedding-shape » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC

Marciplan wrote: post #280

embedding-shape wrote: post #166

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In Spain we have something called "Lista Robinson" (in Sweden exists something similar, called "NIX-registret") which are basically opt-in lists where you can enter your phone number, then once the new lists been distributed, the telemarketing companies cannot call you, if they're doing things properly. If they call anyway, you just mention you're on the list, they hang up, and remove your number from the list they h…

those lists exist everywhere. They don’t really work so well :)

Post by pndy » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC

inferniac wrote: post #147

branko_d wrote: post #123

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I feel this could be solved by crowdsourcing, assuming the support from the major phone manufacturers and possibly governments. - After a call from an unknown number concludes, the phone could offer an option to the user to mark it as "spam" (blocking the number in the history would have the same effect). - The spam mark would then go into the central database. If a phone number was marked as "spam" too many times, i…

there are some apps that do this, I used to use truecaller, but here in poland orange phone seems to have better data

Post by Jemm » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC

Post by anonyme-honteux » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC

everdrive wrote: post #319

gwbas1c wrote: post #313

> On the other hand, France's new law has raised concerns in Morocco, where Employment Minister Younes Sekkouri, said in March that between 40,000 and 50,000 jobs were at risk in the country’s call centers. Sekkouri said the French market accounts for more than 80% of revenue in the sector. Never build a business around hassling other people. It's always at risk that laws will suddenly change and destroy your livelih…

It sounds like they could just block calls from Morocco and cut off much of the problem.

Post by Kon5ole » Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 1:51 PM UTC

embedding-shape wrote: post #224

rightbyte wrote: post #218

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It works versus serious companies cold calling you. Scammers and semi-scammers still call. There is some need to adress what it doesn't solve too.

Dude, what country? In Spain or Sweden, I literally don't receive any calls from unknowns anymore, scammers nor telemarketing. Please specify the country so we can know what country you're talking about, and what the name of the list you enrolled in is. Worth knowing for people who might not know; large telemarketing companies have campaigns on the internet to spread FUD about the effectiveness of these lists, so les…