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Stories about: anti-spam legislation

New U.S. Mobile Spam Bill Introduced U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Bill Nelson have introduced a bill called the m-SPAM Act aimed at fighting mobile spam. The proposed legislation involves the creation of a national do-not-call-like list that companies would be legally required to honor when sending commercial text messages to mobile phones. Accordin... 6 April 2009 08:18 GMT Virginia's Anti-Spam Law Will Not Be Reinstated The Supreme Court of the United States has declined an appeal from the Virginia Attorney General, asking for the state's anti-spam legislation, ruled unconstitutional by a local court, to be reinstated. This decision will set notorious spammer Jeremy Jaynes, previously convicted to 9 years for his cybercrimes, f... 2 April 2009 08:08 GMT Ireland's Green Party Criticized for Sending Spam The Green Party in Ireland has upset several technology bloggers after sending them unsolicited e-mail messages. In a twist of irony, one of its own members, the Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan has recently passed the anti-spam legislation, under which the party might be fined. The ecologist party sent out the... 21 January 2009 07:03 GMT