Congress Sends Anti-Spam Bill To White House

sunbird writes "At just after 5 o'clock EST, the House concurred to the Senate's amendments to the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (or "CAN-SPAM") (bill in PDF format: here or here). Although the bill will prohibit certain tactics (such as hiding return addresses), critics state that the bill does not go far enough (see this press release). The bill will provide criminal penalties for violations of its provisions (up to five years behind bars), but will not allow private parties to sue spammers. News reports indicate (SF Gate or Forbes) that Bush intends to sign the bill. Prior Slashdot articles are here: 1 2 3."

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Re:Comparing Hitler to Ashcroft

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And allowed to kill Iranians with poison gas?(with sat data no less)

Proof? (and please quote CNN, BBC, New York Times, etc - not some anti-bush organization). I'm not trolling you here. Just seems a little far fetched.