Read the paragraph, then choose the word that best completes the sentence. Unwanted advertisements in email—often termed spam—are a nuisance. However, spam is far from a new phenomenon. Before the popularity of email, many businesses used to market their products. These telemarketers usually called during dinner hours when people were most likely to be home. Citizens became annoyed with telemarketers that the government launched the National Do Not Call Registry in 2003. Telemarketers were not permitted to call numbers on the list. Signing up helped curb interruptions. The list __________ the number of unwanted calls.
A registered
B published
C promoted
D addressed