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IP: You now have the privilege of paying for ads -- FEC Decision Could Jump-Start SMS Political Ads
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:23:45 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar () bitcon no> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 03:22:32 +0200 To: "Dave Farber (E-post)" <dave () farber net> Subject: FEC Decision Could Jump-Start SMS Political Ads
From The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49356-2002Aug22.html --- quote: --- FEC Decision Could Jump-Start SMS Political Ads By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Thursday, August 22, 2002; 5:19 PM A decision by federal election regulators to exempt text-based wireless ads from campaign disclosure rules has critics warning that consumers could find their mobile phones subject to a flood of political spam as campaign 2002 kicks into high gear. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) today approved a New Jersey technology firm's petition to waive disclosure rules for political ads delivered via SMS -- or "short messaging service." SMS is featured on a wide range of wireless devices, from digital mobile phones to Blackberries to two-way pagers. Target Wireless of Fort Lee, N.J., joined by advertising industry groups and a Republican campaign committee, argued that current campaign disclosure rules would require political advertisers to use up too much of the limited amount of text -- 160 characters total -- available for individual SMS messages. [...] --- end quote --- Gunnar -- Gunnar Helliesen | Bergen IT Consult AS | Open Source activist Systems Consultant | Bergen, Norway | Jaguar enthusiast gunnar () bitcon no | www.bitcon.no/~gunnar | Märklin collector ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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