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Facebook Sues Spammer; Wins $711 Million
Facebook won $711 million in a lawsuit against a notorious spammer. Don't cheer too hard, though. The same spampresario owes MySpace $234 million for the same thing. More » -
crime and punishment
Spam Kings Plead Guilty, Are Headed To Prison
The war on spam is just as doomed as the war on drugs, but the FBI has won a battle, bringing down a bulk commercial e-mail ring that pimped Chinese penny stocks into unwilling inboxes. They also developed bot network that helped spam avoid detection. More » -
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No, You Can't Opt Out Of Capital One's E-Mails, Ever
What's an account-related message from your company, and what's marketing? Kevin, the subject of this week's Red Tape Chronicles column, wants to know, because he'd like Capital One to stop sending him advertisements for their products. Capital One claims that he can't opt out, since the marketing pitches are "account management communications." Right. More » -
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Create Your Own Opt-Out When A Company Ignores Your Requests
Mark started getting promotional emails from Hilton over a year ago, and he's tried all sorts of opt-out strategies:
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Senators Introduce Bill To Ban Text Message Spam
Senators Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Bill Nelson, D-Florida, have introduced the m-SPAM Act, which would update the CAN-SPAM law to include text message spam. "The m-SPAM Act would explicitly bar marketers from sending text messages to any mobile number in the national Do-Not-Call registry maintained by the FTC," reports InternetNews.
"New Bill Looks to Clamp Down on Mobile Spam" [InternetNews via mocoNews]
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AT&T's 'American Idol' Text Message Stunt Backfires
AT&T spammed a "'significant number' of its 75 million customers" yesterday with text messages advertising the premiere of American Idol. AT&T also pissed off a significant number of its 75 million customers in the process, and the company's justification for the blitz isn't exactly making AT&T sound smart when it comes to understanding what qualifies as spam. More » -
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FTC Busts Giant Spam Operation, Enlarges Penis
Yesterday the FTC announced that they busted a worldwide spam operation that was responsible for "billions of e-mails in recent years," mostly selling prescription drugs, diet pills, and "male enhancement" products. Who actually clicks on those emails, you wonder? FTC agents, that's who! More » -
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Conde Nast Will Never Stop Emailing You. Never. Stop Asking.
Condé Nast marketing department, are you on crack? Have you put some trinket from "The Hills" in charge of your mail server? Justin has emailed you repeatedly to tell you to stop spamming him. His marketing preferences on your site show a vast field of "No" for every single title on your list. And yet he's received 16 emails since his last request—almost three a month. You should know better—or, as Justin puts it, "This isn't some Nigerian guy trying to make my penis larger or send me money, this is a company here, in the United States, that I know should be held accountable." More » -
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justice
"Free iPod" Claims Cost Spammer $2.9 Million
The FTC slammed nuisance advertiser ValueClick with a record-breaking $2.9 million fine for littering the internet with deceptive ads for free iPods, PS3s, and plasma TVs. Instead of providing freebies, ValueClick tricked people into signing up for useless services and then failed to safeguard their personal information. More » -
department of bad advice
T-Mobile And The FCC Tell You To Reply To Txt Msg Spammers
Crissy received some txt message spam on her cellphone and was understandably annoyed because incoming txt messages are not included in her package with T-Mobile. More »
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