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Anti-Spam Legislation In Effect

Posted by timothy on from the will-su-u-ok-ppl? dept.

MikeyMars writes "CNN is reporting that the FCC has put out a list of domain names that could potentially be fined $11,000 dollars if they continue to send unsolicited text messages to cell phone users."

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  1. Not sure if I'm reading this right... by Atlantis-Rising · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But those look like cellular providers to me. They're going to start fining the providers for spam sent by their consumers? And if they aren't providers, Are they all hosted in the US? Or will they be, once the FCC starts cracking down?

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  2. Good cause by IBeatUpNerds · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I agree that unsolicited text messages are annoying as hell. That's why I disabled text messages from all users except those I specified. This is using verizon. Sure, it'd be great if companies/advertisers/evil spammers stopped sending that crap all together, but in the mean time, you might as well just disable it if you can.

    It's not like that 11,000 a pop is going for a good cause, anyhow...

    1. Re:Good cause by gregmac · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's not like that 11,000 a pop is going for a good cause, anyhow...

      Who cares? The point is, it's coming FROM a BAD cause.

      Plus, it makes it worthwhile from the perspective that a bunch of people spent a bunch of time on taxpayer dollars towards coming up with and enforcing these rules -- now that money is getting paid back, and then some.

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  3. What's going on AND Hotmail Spammers by Refrozen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This thread is moving VERY slowly, what's going on /.? Anyways, I believe this is a good thing, however, I don't see HOTMAIL on that list. :-) I honestly believe free mail providers should be 100% responsible for what their users do so they'd so something to stop the ub3rsp4m that comes out of HMail.