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  • Child Online Protection Act (1998)
  • Bills from the 107th Congress (2001-2002)
  • Bills from the 106th Congress (1999-2000)
  • Bills from the 105th Congress (1997-1998)


  • Court Cases
  • French Yahoo! Case
  • Current Challenge to Child Online Protection Act
  • Landmark Supreme Court Ruling on Internet Free Speech


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  • Publications
  • Square Pegs and Round Holes: Applying Campaign Finance Law to the Internet
  • Report to the Federal Trade Commission of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Unsolicited Commercial Email
  • Regardless of Frontiers: Protecting the Human Right to Freedom of Expression on the Global Internet

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    Spam, Unsolicited Commercial Email, Junk Email
    Spam is used to refer to a single or multiple pieces of mail that are perceived by the recipients to be unsolicited and unwanted.


    Legislation


    CDT Commentary
    • CDT Memorandum on Spam, January 2003
       
    • CDT Letter to Senators Murkowski and Torricelli about the definition of "Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Message", May 14, 1998
       
    • Relevant CDT Policy Posts
      • 9.01, January 9, 2003
      • 8.12, May 16, 2002
      • 8.07, April 9, 2002
      • 7.04, June 1, 2001
      • 6.08, April 19, 2000
      • 5.27, November 23, 1999
      • 4.24, October 5, 1998
      • 4.17, August 31, 1998
      • 4.12, May 18, 1998

       
    • Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications on Unsolicited Commercial Email. June 17, 1998
       
    • Report to the Federal Trade Commission of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Unsolicited Commercial Email, July 1998
       
    • Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the House Committee on Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection on Unsolicited Commerical Email. September 29, 1998
       


    Resources
    CDT Resource Library with Spam information and resources



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