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UK And EU May Make Unsolicited Email Illegal

Posted by timothy on from the as-well-they-ought dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to this BBC article the UK and the EU are planning to making unsolicited email simply illegal. This doesn't do anything for prevention practically, but it does legally pave the way for measures that do. Lord Sainsbury of Turville admits it will do nothing to stop spam from outside the EU."

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  1. In Soviet Russia.. by Thaidog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...spam is called "Royal with cheese"... due to the metric system

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  2. Re:UK and the EU? by ReLik · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everybody I know, and everybody I`ve ever asked about this, and everything i hear on the radio, and watch on the tv, believe me, if there was a referrendom tomorrow, 70% of people would spit on the EU.

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  3. Re:Physical spam in the UK by Mirk · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    This is the first SlashDot message I have ever seen that I would mod to +6 if I could.

    Thank you thank you THANK YOU!

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  4. Re:Spam is already illegal in EU by xiaix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am a good planetary citizen, I eat french toast and support the ACLU and EFF, and I write my congresscritters when they do something I don't agree with, as well as before they get a chance to. And I am not the only one.

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