Spamming gets a closer look: the U.S. government is taking more action than other countries against unwanted e-mail.
Information Management Journal › Vol. 36 Nbr. 2, March 2002
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Capital edge: legislative & regulatory update
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Spamming gets a closer look: the U.S. government is taking more action than other countries against unwanted e-mail.
Receiving unwanted e-mail is a common concern for computer users around the world, and legislators are taking action. Unwanted e-mail is particularly troublesome in the United States, where protecting individual privacy has long been the goal of legislation. As a result, proposals to prevent unsolicited e-mail, otherwise known as spam, have begun to re-emerge for possible legislative action in the second session of the 107th U.S. Congress. Legislative activity, however, is likely to be a replay of the 106th Congress, when the House of Representatives passed anti-spamming legislation while the Senate did nothing. The House has traditionally reacted quickly to voter concerns about spamming, while the Senate takes much longer to discuss and debate the matter.
The most recent development in anti-spamming legislation was revealed by Reps. Bob Goodla...See the full content of this document
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