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  • Lawmakers pledge federal anti-spam bills

    Federal lawmakers Wednesday promised to introduce legislation this year to attack the problem of spam, with proposals to create a national "do not e-mail" list and apply criminal penalties for repeat offenders.

  • Why Bill Gates' anti-spam plan won't work

    News flash from Davos, Switzerland: The end of spam is near! And it's going to come, Bill Gates predicted at the World Economic Forum, because we're going to make it unprofitable to send. Taken another way: Accepting unsolicited commerical e-mail could become a small source of added income for us all.

  • U.S. Senate approves anti-spam bill

    The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday for a historic antispam bill, capping more than six years of failed congressional attempts to enact a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail.

  • Senate passes spam bill without amendments

    Australia's anti-spam legislation, the Spam Act 2003, was passed by the Senate today without amendment, and will be enacted following the governor general's approval.

  • ACA sets up spam bill enforcement team

    The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is establishing a "dedicated unit" which will enforce the Spam Act 2003, passed through the senate yesterday.

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