FC: U.K. isn't likely to ban porn-spam, from ZDNET UK

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/021205/152/dg4qk.html

   Thursday December 5, 03:12 PM
   Ofcom won't ban spam
   By Graeme Wearden

   An attempt to force Ofcom, the new regulator for Britain's
   telecommunications and broadcasting sectors, to take action on
   pornographic spam is likely to be unsuccessful.

   Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, MP Derek Wyatt
   said that Ofcom should make Internet Service Providers (ISPs) tackle
   the issue of unsolicited pornographic emails. Wyatt also wants a law
   brought in to protect children from such material.

   However, senior officials at Ofcom have insisted that they will not
   regulate the Internet.

   [...]




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