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Via Politechbot, the text of the Reduction in Distribution of Spam Act of 2003, (43 pages, pdf) introduced May 22 by Rep. Richard Burr, (R-NC) in another effort to stem the tide of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE). For other related information on state and federal anti-spam legislation that I have posted, see this link. Also …
Sen. Debra Bowen’s bill, SB 12, “would…prohibit a person or entity from initiating an unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement either from California or to a California electronic mail address. The bill would also make it unlawful for a person or entity to collect electronic mail addresses posted on the Internet, or to sell or provide a …
Today the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation held a hearing on Spam (Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail). “Description: Members will hear testimony relating to potential legislative, technical, and other approaches to curtailing unwanted spam. Senator McCain will preside.” The committee provides the full-text of available testimony via this main link. See also, Microsoft Proposes Law …
From InfoWorld, a review of an open source anti-spam application that may be useful to a wide user community. “SpamBayes knows spam – Outlook add-in really works to block spam, and it’s free.” For more information, see the SpamBayes website, and this technical background document.
From the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), this new survey (abstract only available free), Use of the Internet and E-mail for Health Care Information concludes that “Although many people use the Internet for health information, use is not as common as is sometimes reported.”
“Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue a consumer advisory alert, warning all consumers to be wary of products advertised through the unsolicited commercial e-mail known as spam.” See the press release here.
From Spamabuse.net, this link to spam e-mail blocking and filtering applications/services (free and commercial) available to Windows, Mac and Linux users.
Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, granted EarthLink an injunction and a $16.4 million judgment against Howard Carmack, who engaged in ID theft and fraud to deliver over 800 million spam e-mails last year via the hundreds of accounts he established with the ISP. How much EarthLink can expect …
Agenda, last updated April 29, 2003 (pdf) Panelist Biographies (pdf) FTC SPAM EMAIL Website (This website has information about the Federal Trade Commissions recent law enforcement actions against deceptive commercial email and spammers who dont honor their “remove me” claims) Educational Materials from the Conference: You’ve Got Spam: How to “Can” Unwanted Emails (pdf) Email …
The majority of states attorneys general expressed their opposition to federal anti-spam legislation during the course of the FTC’s three-day Spam Forum currently underway in Washington, D.C. “The states are concerned because both proposals (on the federal level – the CAN SPAM Act and the REDUCE Spam Act) would supersede any state laws, even if …
On April 29, Governor Mark R. Warner of Virginia signed two bills constituting the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (SB 1139 – became ch. 1016 and HB 2290 -became ch. 987), which in this press release is lauded as the “toughest such law in the United States,”…as…”half the worlds Internet traffic passes through the Commonwealth of …
Spammers obviously continue to irritate a very raw nerve, and Capitol Hill is piling on. Recent federal legislation from Senators Wyden and Burns, Senator Schumer, and now Senator Lofgren’s announcement of the introduction of the Restrict and Eliminate Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (REDUCE) Spam Act, added to state legislative efforts, indicate that the battle …
