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Why the Do Not Call list won't save you from robocalls

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry

Jan 24, 2018

It was a great idea when it started. Now, it's become a bit of a joke.

A pedestrian using his cellphone walks past a boarded establishment showing skeleton heads with cellphones in Los Angeles in January.

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