45 State Attorneys General Join in their Ongoing Efforts to Protect Consumers from Robocalls
A bi-partisan coalition of 45 state attorneys general sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking to safeguard consumers from scam phone calls made by Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) service providers. The attorneys general submitted comments to the FCC on its proposal “to safeguard and secure the open Internet” (NPRM) asking it to clarify that…
54 Attorneys General Call on Congress to Study AI and Its Harmful Effects on Children
A bipartisan coalition of 54 state and territory attorneys general urge Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The attorneys general also asked Congress to propose legislation that would protect children from those abuses. The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)…
Attorneys General Call on Congress to Improve Federal-State Cooperation to End Human Trafficking
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter on February 27, 2023 to Congressional leadership raising concerns about the National Human Trafficking Hotline and seeking assistance to preserve the critical joint federal-state effort to end trafficking. The letter, sent on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 36 state and territory attorneys general, highlights…
NAAG Supports FCC Proposal to Put in Place Anti-Robotext Protections
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) supported the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to help cut down on unwanted text messages by requiring mobile wireless providers to block texts from invalid, unassigned, or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate (DNO) list. The bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general support the…
Attorneys General Support The Public Safety Officer Act of 2022
NAAG is urging Congress to pass The Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022. The legislation addresses gaps in support for public safety officers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with the high-risk nature of their jobs. In the letter signed by 53 attorneys general, the attorneys general praise the work of public…
