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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. misleading by over_exposed · · Score: 4, Informative

    They could be fined $11,000 per offense, not total.

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  2. 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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  3. 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...

  4. Re:unclear by bigsteve@dstc · · Score: 3, Informative

    I went to the FCC website to find out. It is clear that this is a list of domains to which SPAM must not be sent. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/DomainNameDownload.h tml