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Australian Spam Laws Working?

Posted by michael on from the tar-and-feathers dept.

smash writes "According to AustralianIT, recent spam laws, including fines of up to 1.1 million dollars per day has seen a reduction in local spam production. This has been confirmed by SpamHaus. Surely people in other countries are just as ticked off with the problem - perhaps this is an example to follow?"

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  1. Maybe this will silence the naysayers by fmaxwell · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've been dealing with people who make the unfounded assertion that tough spam laws won't reduce spam. Well, here's strong evidence to the contrary. Australia has passed tough anti-spam laws and now spammers in Australia are running scared and the total amount of spam is down.