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New Michigan Law Means Kids Can Opt Out of Spam

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the less-pr0n-for-kids dept.

tekiegreg writes "Thanks to a new Michigan Law, parents can now opt their kids out of Spam. One wonders whether or not such severe penalty will make Spammers think twice ($30,000 fine and 3 yrs/jail)." I wonder how much legislation will actually help keep kids from being spammed, but if it works, I'm happy to say I'm under age 13 if it means I get less spam.

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  1. But what about porn by bhmit1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you claim to be under 13, does that prevent you from seeing porn, online banking, and one day, online voting?

  2. The Internet is still the wild west by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why haven't vigilante hacker-types taken the bad guys off the net yet?

  3. Spammer... by bmo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Spoken like a true spammer. I'm surprised that you didn't say that blocking spam is limiting your "free speach (spammer spelling)"

    If you send ads, it's up to you to MAKE SURE those ads go to people that want them. Sending XXX "college amature cam" porn to 10 year olds is not targeting your market, is it?

    STFU and get a real job.

    --
    BMO

  4. Evil people by a_greer2005 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What about sicos LOOKING for kids online to do God only knows what to...now they have one centeral clearinghouse - No more spending weeks trolling in "kids" chatrooms any more, this is why I was also against the .kids top level domain thing that came about a couple of years ago.