FCC Lists Sites That Send Cell Phone Spam

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FCC Lists Sites That Send Cell Phone Spam

Mon Feb 7, 7:45 PM ET



WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) on Monday published a list of Web sites that the agency says transmits unwanted e-mail and text messages to cell phones.





Cell phone companies submitted the domain names to the FCC (news - web sites), and the list deals only with sites that send spam to cell phones.

Sites on the list have 30 days to stop transmitting unwanted e-mail messages, unless the recipient has given permission to receive the message.

The list is the result of anti-spam legislation that President Bush (news - web sites) signed in 2003 to address the explosion of unwanted e-mail messages. Under the law, senders of unwanted e-mail could be fined up to $11,000 per violation.

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On the Net:

Federal Communications Commission:

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/DomainNameDownload.html