{
  "id": 18501,
  "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6020781-robocalls-are-spiking-especially-for-phone-numbers-with-these-area-codes",
  "title": "Robocalls are spiking — especially for phone numbers with these area codes",
  "summary": "Is your phone getting lots of random calls lately? You're not alone. Americans received an estimated 4.4 billion robocalls in July — the highest robocall volume in a year, according to tracking by YouMail.",
  "authors": "Alix Martichoux",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-11T15:01:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-12T05:10:43.828Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-hill-technology",
  "source_name": "The Hill Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18501",
  "original_url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6020781-robocalls-are-spiking-especially-for-phone-numbers-with-these-area-codes",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}