1997-06-13 - Crackdown on spam? [CNN]

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From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-06-13 01:08:21 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:08:21 +0800

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From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:08:21 +0800
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com
Subject: Crackdown on spam? [CNN]
Message-ID: <199706130037.TAA12183@einstein.ssz.com>
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>                     FEDS TO CRACK DOWN ON JUNK E-MAIL FRAUD
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>      
>      
>      June 12, 1997
>      Web posted at: 8:16 p.m. EDT (2016 GMT)
>      
>      WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators put the junk e-mailindustry on
>      notice Thursday that businesses will be punished ifthey put false
>      information in unsolicited mail they send tomillions of Internet
>      users.
>      
>      The Federal Trade Commission also asked the industry to come upwith
>      ways to stem the flood of commercial mail clogging theInternet and
>      creating bottlenecks that make it difficult to getonline.
>      
>      The FTC said it would ask industry groups to supply lists
>      ofjunk-mail senders to help in the new drive to detect
>      fraud.Penalties a junk mailer might face for breaking the fraud law
>      couldinclude an injunction to stop the illegal practice up to tens
>      ofthousands of dollars in fines for a repeat offender.






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