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One policy I've considered for telemarketing / robocalls is bonding. Turns out that California has implemented this (though not quite as I'd envisioned it), and it seems to work. "California Telemarketing Bond" All California telephonic sellers must get licensed with the Attorney General's Office. One of the main requirements to get this license is obtaining a $100,0000 California telemarketing surety bond. This license bond is also sometimes called a solicitor bond. https://www.jwsuretybonds.com/states/california/telemarketing-bond My own proposal is a bit different: Carriers are bonded.Recipients can demand a (stiff) per-call fee.That cost is charged to their carrier, who can then collect it from whatever carrier peered the call. (One variant: the amount increases with upstream, giving carriers an incentive to pursue the penalty against others.)Possibly: a clearinghouse and periodic settlements basis. The clearinghouse could be the bond issuer, and obv., large rates of claims would increase the risk basis on which a bond is issued, increasing costs. Ideally that would drive abusive carriers out of business. Combine with the obligation of downstream carriers to monitor and progressively block upstreams based on total spam volume, and there should be a pretty strong counter-signal to unrestrained telemarketing. #PhoneSpam