Two Senators are attempting to curb unsolicited text messages with a bill to strengthen government oversight of commercial texts.Senators Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) on Thursday introduced the m-SPAM Act, which would strictly prohibit commercial text messages to wireless numbers listed on the Do Not Call registry. The bill would also give the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission more authority to regulate unwanted text messages.To read this CNET report in full, see:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10211562-38.htmlAlso see:Senators Introduce Texting Spam Bill [IDG]
Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill aimed at attacking a growing problem: unsolicited commercial text messages or mobile spam.The m-Spam Act, introduced Thursday by Senators Olympia Snowe and Bill Nelson, would strengthen the powers of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission to fight mobile spam and would prohibit commercial organizations from sending text messages to mobile phone owners with numbers listed on a national do-not-call registry.
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