My mother's peaceful days were besieged by constant nuisance and scam calls causing unnecessary stress and frustration. However, the day she enabled a nuisance call blocker service, these irritating disturbances ceased. Echoing my mother's experience, there are millions of others across the UK who would benefit from such services.

As of now, it's an individual's responsibility to activate call screening from unknown or withheld numbers, and some providers either do not provide the service or charge for it. However, it would be significantly more efficient and comprehensive if this feature was made default for all users, significantly reducing the prevalence and impact of nuisance calls. Nuisance calls have long been an issue in the UK, with Ofcom estimating that UK customers received 3.9 billion nuisance calls and texts in one year alone (Ofcom report, 2018). 

The advantages of making call screening the default setting are clear – it mitigates the risk of scams, reduces unwelcome interruptions, and most importantly, provides a safer and more secure telecommunication environment for all. Just imagine living a life similar to my mother's experience, free of such numerous and bothersome nuisance calls.

Please, join me in calling for all UK phone service providers to enable call screening from unknown or withheld numbers as the default setting. Your signature would vastly improve the lives of millions of people in the UK who, like my mother, deserve peace and tranquility in an already stressful world. Sign the petition today and let's bring this much needed change.