Indian users of Truecaller recorded 41.68 billion spam calls in 2025. India is the fifth-worst affected country for spam calls and messages. Spammers are bypassing DND rules using new techniques. 

41.68 billion spam calls in India: 66 per cent of unknown numbers on Truecaller were spam. Whatever happened to Do Not Disturb?

Are you tired of receiving spam calls and messages? Do you have the DND (Do Not Disturb) feature turned on but still aren't sure if it's effective enough? Well, it looks like things are about to change. The Indian Telecom regulator is cracking down hard on spammers with new, stricter rules to tackle this issue more effectively.

India: TRAI Imposes Stricter Rules to Combat Spam Calls and Text Messages

India's telecom watchdog on Tuesday directed service providers to stop all promotional calls from unregistered callers and blacklist them as it looks to tackle a surge in spam and phishing calls that has seen people lose millions of rupees. Watch in for more updates!

India cracks down on spam calls: Unregistered numbers to be blacklisted

The Canadian government says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and dozens of MPS were targets of a spamouflage campaign linked to China.

Canada uncovers alleged Chinese 'spamouflage'

A news anchor called “Alex” critiques the US over its failure to control gun violence, while another female anchor stresses the importance of "great power cooperation" between China and the United States.

AI-generated deepfake anchors promote disinformation and pro-China views; experts alarmed

Ahead of the November midterm elections, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has sued Alphabet Inc’s Google claiming that their campaign emails are being routed to the user’s spam folders—a charge the tech firm denies.

Republican committee sues Google, claims campaign mails being sent to spam folders

In a call with executives on Thursday, Twitter claimed that it removes 1 million spam accounts daily as part of its dispute with Elon Musk about "spam bots." The company's fake and bot accounts were also discussed.

Twitter deletes one million spam accounts every day

India is the second most spammed country in the world, according to a global survey by caller ID app Truecaller. According to the report, India's 1.5 per cent decrease in spam calls per user has put it on the second spot, while Brazil has zoomed past to the first position with an 81 per cent increase in spam calls in a year.

Every fourth call is a spam call in India: Survey

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messaging application business said on Friday it was "taking immediate legal action" against companies that are sending spam messages ahead of the Brazilian presidential election.

Facebook's WhatsApp taking legal action against Brazil election spammers

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