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Inappropriate Spam Reaching Children?

Posted by simoniker on Mon Jun 09, 2003 05:32 PM
from the little-billy-offered-viagra dept.
peeweejd writes "Wired has an article stating that four out of five children receive inappropriate spam e-mail touting get-rich-quick schemes, and almost half receive spam linking to pornographic materials. Should spammers be held responsible for the spams they send out? Can someone sue a spammer for offering to sell 'adult only' items/services to children?" There are more details from survey originator Symantec's press release - and yes, Symantec does sell mail filtering software.
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