FEC Permits Anonymous SMS Spam

crm114 writes "The Washington Post is running a story about the Federal Election Commission's decision today to waive the requirement that SMS broadcast messages indicate their origin..." And it'll only cost you ten cents to read each one. For what it's worth, you can read the agenda item which describes the issue before the FEC. It's rather interesting because it includes drafts of two possible responses by the FEC, depending on which way the commissioners actually voted at today's meeting. Although the company seeking the opinion suggested alternatives like providing a toll-free phone number in the message (preserving the spirit of the campaign finance disclosure rules), the FEC doesn't appear to have taken them up on it.

Comments

So what?

[flurffy]

Everyone gets spam all the time everywhere they go. If you're going to be one of those stuck up snobs that just has to get SMS service to feel cool, then you should be able to put up with spam there too.

You're also right

[Talez]

Being a current ATT Wireless employee myself, I know I should be able to rack up "insightful" and "informative" moderations with this post