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UN Takes Aim At Spam Epidemic

Posted by timothy on from the send-in-the-blue-helmets dept.

clester writes "CNN reports 'The United Nations is aiming to bring a "modern day epidemic" of junk e-mail under control within the next two years by standardizing legislation around the world to make it easier to prosecute spammers, a leading expert said Tuesday.' The full story reports that as much as 85 percent of all e-mail may be categorized as spam and that the problem is rapidly spreading to cell phones in the form of text messages..."

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  1. Re:The UN?!? by tigersha · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sign. Again, people confuse the UN with the UN Security Council. The UN has the following other part who have, well, done great things:

    UNESCO
    UNHCR The Commission for Refugees
    WHO (THe World Helath ORganization. Has Smallpos lately?

    I could go on a bit, but the UN is much more about making people over the world work together than just the security council. Ok, its an inefficient organization, and probably wastes money like there is no tomorrow, but they do good work.

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