Hong Kong Spammers Can End Up In Jail
May 29, 2007 | In: Cellular Phones, General, Internet
Good news for the people that live in Hong Kong and receive spam in a variety of ways, a new law will be implemented that punishes the so called spammers for real.
By “for real” I mean there is a chance the spammers can end up in jail (no more then 5 years) and pay up to $128,000 as a fine. Maybe they will behave better after knowing the news, but you never know…
Besides the beloved email spam, the officials also picked other communication methods:
Officials say a new ordinance will regulate all messages sent by electronic means that advertise or promote goods or services, including faxes, emails, SMS text and pre-recorded voice messages.
The worst case scenario is for the people that hack computers to display commercial messages, those can get up to 10 years of jail time.
If only these kind of laws could be applied in other countries, the spam quantity would drop for sure.
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