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China Getting 'Serious' About Spam?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the will-believe-it-when-don't-see-it dept.

Ritz_Just_Ritz writes "Apparently, the Chinese MII (Ministry of Information) is going to crack down on Spam from within China. This will include training for 1000 mail administrators and recruitment of 20,000 'anti-spam volunteers.'"

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  1. Site already Slow.. Heres the article by u16084 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ministry of Information Industry (MII), Internet Society of China (ISC) and China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) launched a national anti-spam campaign on June 21, reports Nanfang Daily. An insider at ISC said MII has set up a hotline at 01-12321 for spam-related tip-offs and is preparing to send out one million anti-spam notices. The report said that professional training will be offered for 1,000 email administrators and that 20,000 anti-spam volunteers will be recruited. "is preparing to send out one million anti-spam notices" - Oh the irony.

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  2. I wanna volunteer by 77Punker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where can I sign up? I wanna read people's mail!

    1. Re:I wanna volunteer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      www.nsa.gov/jobs

    2. Re:I wanna volunteer by Obi-w00t · · Score: 2, Funny

      www.nsa.gov/careers actually.
      You see its not just a job...it's a career!

    3. Re:I wanna volunteer by TheBogie · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wonder if they will let the volunteers attach the car batteries to the spammer's nuts. The "diehard" treatment seems to be a common "reprogramming" technique used by china. I'm pretty sure it will work on spammers as well as it does on the other chinese "troublemakers".

  3. Volunteers by JesseL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are these 'anti-spam volunteers' real volunteers, or are they volunteering-to-get-out-of-bayonette-testing volunteers?
    Just curious.

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  4. Defeat Spam with Spam by neonprimetime · · Score: 2, Funny

    is preparing to send out one million anti-spam notices

  5. Re:Translation of the Article by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    Canada keeps looking warmer and warmer.

    Yeah, well, wait till November rolls around. Then you'll be saying, "Screw this freedom crap. I'm goin' to Mexico."

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  6. Re:Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is no big secret here. In line with your typical Chinese legal remedy, first time spammers will be impaled through the back with a bayonette, and shot through the heart at point blank range. Second time offenders are actually rather rare in China.

  7. Re:Well, they had better get cracking by KingPrad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well that explains my inbox. But how many do they send to everyone else?

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  8. Serious Spam! by fohat · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought this was going to be about the new FPS game "Serious Spam" in which the heroine tries to defeat democracy with her spam gun and filtered Google Water (beta).
    But seriously, I hope this cuts down on the number of emails I get with all question marks in the subject line. If China is succesful with this program, perhaps other countries will follow suite. (I'm looking at you, Taiwan! *shakes fist*)

    peace out.

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  9. Re:Wow, short aricle for sure by Nadsat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where's the rest of the article? It's so short. I feel like someone censored all the content....

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  10. Volunteers by nschubach · · Score: 1, Funny

    China can have Volunteers?

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  11. Re:Site already Slow.. Heres the article by johnMG · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, will most of the analysis be done by Information Retrieval or Information Dispersal?

    Either way, Central Services will probably end up doing all the dirty work.

    My only suggestion: make sure they've filled out a 27b/6 form before you let them lay a finger your server. But then, I'm a bit of a stickler for paperwork.

  12. Re:Wake me up by Intron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but it has to be properly worded. It should say:

    "Thank you for your interest in Falun Gong. Information
    is being mailed to you."

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  13. F1gh7 5Pam and M A K E $$$ by DarthVain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ho W Wo uld y0u L1k e 2 make B I G $$$

    Si gn UP n0w and B1 of 1000 34rning BIG $$$ gov J0B

    als0 R3crui7ing 20000!!! voleeteer to FIGHT SP4M!

    OK I can't be the first to think that this might be their way to find "volenteers" to do this. Oh the Irony!