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UK Spam Law Goes Live

Posted by michael on from the good-luck dept.

loonix_gangsta writes "So, the UK has taken matters into its own hands and, as of today, is making it a criminal offence to send e-mails or text messages unless the recipient has agreed in advance to accept them. The law comes into force today. Unfortunately much spam originates from the US so the UK had previously asked the US to co-operate."

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  1. i'm shocked by theMerovingian · · Score: 0, Troll


    This is the UK - I'm surprised their "anti-spam bill" isn't comprised of a 10p flat tax on every outgoing email...

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