MITCHELL, SD (Mitchell Now) — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 48 other attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen requirements designed to prevent scammers from using U.S. phone networks for illegal robocalls.
The coalition is asking the FCC to bolster its “Know Your Upstream Provider,” or KYUP, requirements. The rules require voice service providers to take reasonable steps to verify that companies originating and routing calls are legitimate and responsible.
“Preventing voice providers from letting illegal robocalls pass through their networks is critical. Some providers still allow these calls onto the U.S. system, putting South Dakotans and consumers nationwide at risk,” Jackley said. “The FCC must strengthen requirements to ensure upstream providers are fully accountable.”
The attorneys general are asking the FCC to require more detailed and verified information from upstream providers and increase monitoring requirements. They also want stronger enforcement of STIR/SHAKEN, a caller ID authentication framework intended to combat spoofed phone numbers.
The coalition also called for penalties against providers that fail to meet monitoring or caller ID authentication requirements and for rules requiring companies to retain KYUP data.
Jackley is a member of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, which launched Operation Robocall Roundup in 2025. The group works to hold voice service providers accountable for their role in transmitting illegal robocalls.