ITU "spam" summit concludes in Geneva

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: July 10, 2004 9:21:27 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] ITU "spam" summit concludes in Geneva
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[Note:  This item comes from reader Fred Maia.  DLH]

> From: Fred Maia <fmaia () texas net>
> Date: July 10, 2004 8:23:56 AM PDT
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> Subject: ITU "spam" summit concludes in Geneva
>
> Wave of optimism as ITU WSIS meeting on countering spam closes
> Priority actions identified to curb spam
>
>  Geneva, 9 July 2004 - Participants at the ITU WSIS thematic meeting 
> on countering spam which concluded its work today agreed on a series 
> of actions needed to curb spam. The watershed meeting was designed to 
> launch a global effort that can ultimately lead to the eradication of 
> spam. Based on a fruitful exchange of views and experiences, the 
> meeting gave an opportunity to identify where priority action was 
> needed.
>
>  "Spam has grown into a major plague affecting the digital world," 
> said Dr Robert Horton, Acting Chair of the Australian Communications 
> Authority and chairman of the meeting. "We are facing a global 
> epidemic which can only be combated through a global and concerted 
> action," he said. "What is at stake is no less than the protection and 
> preservation of the Internet as we know it. I am convinced that we can 
> curb spam within the next two years if we act on a number of fronts 
> simultaneously and make sure that there are no havens for spammers 
> anywhere in the world", Horton said.
>
>  For full text see:
> <http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2004/17.html>
>
>  Chairman's report see:
>
> <http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/spam/chairman-report.pdf>


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