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Anti-Spam Bill Killed In California

Posted by timothy on from the potted-meat-product dept.

Craig Newmark (craigslist) writes "In California, we had a pretty good antispam bill proposed by Sen. Debra Bowen, which was killed yesterday. A pro-spammer bill, backed by the big media sites including Microsoft, passed through committee. Here's a quick round up. We're considering a big feedback campaign, based on conversation with staffers on what works for them, since they want to hear from constituents, as opposed to spam. More to come ..."

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  1. Typical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    America is once again getting fucked in the ass by big business. "It's bad unless it's OUR spam." That's Microsoft's take on it. If you think abuot this logically, you will realize that this all goes back to the problem of corporations being given the same "rights" as individuals. Corporations need to be accountable to the consumer. NOT the shareholders, NOT the CEOs, NOT the suits. Every time I see this kind of thing, it makes me feel that America has been so subverted by the corporate propaganda that things will never get better.

    It's time to wake up people! Corporations DON'T care about your well being or mine. They only care about profit. If they have to poison the water, brainwash the public and abuse technology, that' just fine to them. But it's NOT fine to us. Do you honestly like bending over and lubing up everytime a corporation does this to you? Apparently a lot of Americans do. Fucking WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!! Don't you see what they've done to this country?! It's no longer "America, home of the free and the brave", it's now "America of the bought and paid for".

  2. Re:Anti-spam? by fobbman · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's better is that the second link (as of this moment) is from KGOs website, and it reads "Consumer-Backed Anti-Spam Bill Passes". Now, if you follow the link (go against your normal /. instincts for just a moment, please) the headline says "Consumer-Backed Anti-Spam Bill Fails".

  3. Far west by stud9920 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So what ? Is this News for Nerds ?

    Next they will tell us that "Antivirus Bob stole horses in Texas", that "Passphrase Jack lynched niggers in Arizona" , or that "Firewall Jim sold bootleg whiskey in Kansas".

    This is not 1880 anymore !