News US anti-spam law edges closer

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  1. GreatOldOne

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    From the Beeb:

    The US Congress has backed a bill that will hit law-breaking spammers with huge fines and jail sentences.

    The bill bans spammers from using false return addresses and demands that pornographic spam be labelled as such.

    US President George Bush is expected to sign the bill into law by the end of 2003.

    But critics of the measure say it will do little to stop and spam and may even encourage some businesses to start sending unwanted mail.

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    Maybe a mandatory public stoning would be more of a deterent...
     
    GreatOldOne, 9 Dec 2003
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    [cibyr] Sometimes posts here

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    What happened to that opt-in scheme that was gonna let people sue people who spammed them?
     
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