Virginia Anti-Spam Law; FTC Forum on Spam

kiwimate writes "According to this press release, the state of Virginia has just passed a statute making 'the worst, most egregious and fraudulent kinds of spam' legally actionable. And yes, this includes header forging. The article reads like a big AOL PR piece in some places -- the VA governor led the signing at the AOL HQ in Dulles. The story also states this comes on the eve of the first-ever FTC forum on spam in Washington D.C." The FTC also made the insightful discovery that most spam is fraudulent in some fashion.

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FTC & FDA

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The FTC also made the insightful discovery that most spam is fraudulent in some fashion.

Yet, the FDA (also a bureau of the administrative branch of the U.S. goverment, for all you furriners who take exception to typical insensitive slashdot US-centric and clodish nature, just being clear), Food and Drug Administration, allows the marketing of 'Herbal Remedies', which effectively let all sorts of varmints claim to be marginally less illegal by offering these as body part enhancements, muscle mass builders, weight loss treatments, etc. This should make for more interesting fodder.