Spam phone calls have been annoying Americans for decades.
Most people are on the Do Not Call list, but "consent farms" claim they sell a way around it.
Farming consent from unwitting consumersKelly Pinn gets a lot of spam phone calls.
Consent farms run rampantThe FTC and other regulators call websites like HealthInstantly.org "consent farms."
On one side are affiliate marketers, who get paid to steer traffic to the farms' websites.
Persons:
—, you've, Kelly Pinn, she's, Pinn, Ethan Preston, Chad Smanjak, ActiveProspect, Preston, He's, Smanjak, winky, Rob Seaver, Josh Gillon, Giulia Porter
Organizations:
Service, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, telemarketers, ActiveProspect Inc, LinkedIn, FTC, Smanjak, FCC, Urth, PACE Association, Viceroy Media Solutions, Flatiron Media, C4R Media
Locations:
Wall, Silicon, Austin, Orange County, Washington, Panama