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Israel Fining Spammers

Via Red Herring.

Israel’s Knesset (or parliament) has passed a law to fight against spam, imposing fines and strict regulations for the sending of spam.

The law applies to email, SMS, and fax messages. Over half of all email traffic, and a growing percentage of other types of messaging, in Israel is spam.

“State intervention was necessary in order to prevent the continued impingement on the public’s privacy,” said Israeli Communications Minister Dalia Itzik, who initiated the legislation. Unlike the United States’ CAN-SPAM Law, the Israeli law bars the sending of spam unless the recipient gives his or her prior consent.

“Israelis are inundated with spam through email and on their cell phones due to the popularity of messaging,” said Haim Geron, senior deputy director general of Israel’s Communications Ministry.

posted by Fergie @ 7/27/2005 07:40:00 AM