Today's post is from Laura Atkins of Word to the Wise . She relates a frustration that I personally share: Google's seeming lack of caring about abuse emanating from their own networks and services. She writes: Are you a spammer or a potential spammer? Do you want bul…
I asked fellow blogger (and email expert) John Levine the following: "The Supreme Court overturned the Jaynes conviction on First Amendment grounds, yes? I'm wondering what that could mean from the spam filtering perspective." Find his very detailed answer here .
I've been talking to folks a lot these past couple of days about the potential legalities around blocking unwanted spam from non-profit, political or advocacy senders. From what I understand, this is pretty likely to be legal. The first amendment limits government action as…
Yesterday on Twitter, somebody asked about how DNSBLs are restricted by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution . Apparently there's some advocacy group somewhere who is upset that they're listed on a blacklist, and they seem to be investigating potential …