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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Groups ask FTC to can spam; opponents say it goes too far
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FTC asked to can spam
By Declan McCullagh
September 4, 2002, 8:26 AM PT
Spam has become such a menace to the Internet that the Federal
Trade Commission should take swift steps to staunch the flow of
bulk e-mail, three consumer groups said Wednesday.
In a 14-page set of proposed rules that already has drawn fire as
overly regulatory, the groups suggest that the FTC outlaw
commercial e-mail that misrepresents the content of the message or
fails to provide a way to unsubscribe from the mailing list.
"Spam is threatening the value of the Internet," said Samuel Simon,
chairman of the ">Telecommunications Research and Action Center
(TRAC). "We believe there is regulatory authority for the Federal
Trade Commission to act and do something. It's not perfect, but if
the rule we ask for is enacted, spam will be reduced
significantly."
Wednesday's proposal, also backed by the National Consumers League
and Consumer Action, comes as concerns about spam grow more and
more acute. Corporate networks are becoming so clogged by e-mail
pitches for pornography, moneymaking schemes and health products
that spam could make up the majority of message traffic on the
Internet by the end of this year.
Some legal experts, however, caution that because the proposed
rules regulate online communications more severely than offline
advertisements, the courts would toss the regulations out as
unacceptable. The Direct Marketing Association opposes the
suggested rules as overly intrusive, and the American Civil
Liberties Union says the rules would be unconstitutional if adopted
by the FTC.
[...]
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