NEW YORK TIMES ENDORSES ANTI-SPAM EFFORT
The New York Times today published an editorial strongly supporting TRAC's, and other, efforts to reduce spam.
The Times commented on the TRAC position as follows:
This month the Telecommunications Research and Action Center and other consumer groups petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit e-mail that disguises its commercial intent by using a phony subject line or by misrepresenting the sender. They are also asking the agency to require spammers to offer recipients a way to "unsubscribe" -- to get themselves removed from a spammers' list - and to make it illegal to ignore such requests. These proposed rules fall squarely within the F.T.C.'s mandate and deserve prompt action.
The full editorial can be viewed at http://www.nytimes.com.
TRAC urges all consumers to support its petition by going to http://www.banthespam.org and enlist in the battle against spam. Give us your stories on how you have been harmed by spam. We want to know in particular whether:
- You had to spend more money on e-mail because of spam.
- You had to create a new e-mail address or multiple addresses to avoid spam.
- You had to cancel an account or open a new one because of the amount of spam.
- You lost desired e-mail because of deleting spam.
- You suffered adverse employment consequences because of spam on your machine.
- You had any other loss, embarrassment or incident related to spam.
With your permission, TRAC will bring these examples to the Federal Trade Commission to help document the damages being suffered by consumers from unwanted commercial e-mail.
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