News: FTC Regs require Porn SPAM labelling
 

My apologies if this is a repost but:

New FTC Rule requires Porn "Spam" labelling

(pls pardon the mistake in the thread title... it should be FTC not FCC)

http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0031685.cfm

FTC to Require Label on Porn 'Spam'
By Stuart Shepard, correspondent


A new rule could give you some relief from those offensive pornographic e-mails that fill up your online inbox.

Starting next month, the federal government will require sexually explicit commercial e-mail to carry a very specific warning in the subject line. It may offer an easy way for families to delete unwanted junk, and also may help in enforcement efforts.

A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule requires pornographic "spam" (unwanted e-mail) to carry the words "Sexually Explicit" in the subject line. It also requires sexually explicit e-mail to include a valid physical postal address for the sender, as well as a clear method of opting out of future e-mails. Internet experts generally discourage you from ever clicking on a link to opt out.

"A sender of sexually oriented materials must also make sure that the initially viewable area of a message, should it be opened, is free of any sexually explicit materials," said FTC attorney Jonathan Kraden.

Kraden said the rule comes under the direction of the CAN-SPAM Act (the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act ) and will take effect May 19.

David Burt of Secure Computing Corporation said if spammers followed the rule it would make life easier.

"It would be a pretty trivial matter to configure e-mail to delete messages like that or to reroute them, so if in fact they did comply with (the rule), it would go a very long way towards addressing the problem," Burt said.

Burt expects most porn spammers will simply ignore the FTC.


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Practical implications:

Most spammers will probably avoid this because complying would consign their bulk mail to spam filters.

CAN SPAM is pretty much dead in the water. Of course, there will be some publicity type prosecutions but the bulk (pun intended) of the action will be business as usual.

As usual, only legit mailers will be impacted by this (ie., by drying up their income).

Of all the sites you could have linked to, why some anti-porn right wing fanatics?

http://www.family.org/cforum/fosi/pornography/

I'm sure Lensman wants to be on their radar. :1orglaugh

u know what

i respect mailers who put [adult] in the subject lines

i still delete them.

:1orglaugh

That site is a good resource to see "what the other side" is up to.:winkwink:

Yah, it's been posted. Funny site you linked to though.

:winkwink:

Not that I ever spammed in my life or have any intention of doing so, but I wonder what the fuck this "FCC" is???

The "FCC" has nothing to do with the "worldwide net" and can issue whatever bullshit they like, but I doubt their "rules" will be heeded by anyone outside the US.

Some people need a "real job" - any FCC members welcome as long as they can make galleries quick....

Its FTC (see original post). I screwed up on the title.

Sorry.. picked up that error! :winkwink:

FTC!!!

Anyways.. who cares?? :-)

FTC, FCC, FBI, CIA, JMO or any of em alphabet places :-)

It would suck to have the CIA on one's back just because of spam.... unless its JIHAD spam :1orglaugh :thumbsup