Anti-Spam Laws Working In South Korea?

from the a-little-bit dept

While I've said before that I don't think anti-spam legislation is the answer to the spam problem, some new evidence suggests it does make a difference. In South Korea, a new study has shown a reduction in spam, as a percentage of overall email since anti-spam legislation was strengthened. Of course, the details aren't that promising. People still reported that 70% of their email was spam, down from 90% previously. There's also still the question of defining spam - which is difficult if the law can be used against perfectly legitimate email as well.

Leave a Comment..


If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
 

Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>


A word from our Sponsors...
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
From the Techdirt Archive...
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This