The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to punish deceptive spammers and to set up a “do not spam” registry.
Internet spammers could face jail time and million-dollar fines under the bill, which passed by a vote of 97 to 0.
Similar legislation in the House of Representatives has stalled as lawmakers have tried hammering out differences between two competing bills. The Bush administration said it supported the bill.
“Every day the Senate delays, big-time spammers (get) another opportunity to crank up their operations to even more dizzying levels of volume,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a sponsor of the bill.
“I don’t go to a town hall meeting, I don’t meet a friend who doesn’t say, ‘Take care of that spam,’” said Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., another bill sponsor.
The bill would not ban all unsolicited commercial e-mail, instead it will target the fraudulent or deceptive messages spam messages.
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Offenders could face jail sentences of up to a year and fines of up to $1 million. Repeat offenders could face jail terms of up to five years. Other changes that will need to be made include: Over half of U.S. states have passed antispam bills. The bill would pre-empt most state laws, but would allow states to set higher penalties. |
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