Michigan’s attorney general is getting involved with a fight first started by the Federal Communications Commission — and we think it’s a splendid idea.

Dana Nessel has announced that she is supporting the FCC’s proposal to help cut down on unwanted text messages by requiring mobile wireless providers to block texts from invalid, unassigned or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate list.   

“Robotexts are increasingly used by bad actors in the face of effective law enforcement efforts targeting illegal robocalls,” Nessel said in a news release. “I have made it a priority to protect Michigan residents from robocalls and I am taking a stand against robotexts, which put consumers in danger of becoming victims. The best way to combat these texts is to block them at the network level.”

She is one of a coalition of 51 attorneys general supporting the FCC’s proposal to require mobile wireless providers to block unlawful text messages at the network level if they originate from fraudulent numbers.

Further, the attorneys general are asking the FCC to continue pushing the wireless industry to develop call authentication technology for text messages so people can know if the texts they receive are from spoofed numbers and so law enforcement can investigate where these texts are coming from.

We like all of the above. Robotexts are, at a minimum, annoying and, depending on the circumstance, could even be dangerous.

These so-called bad actors should be forced to stop making them.