America Online Hails Tough, New Federal Legislation Aimed at Curbing Spam and Penalizing Spammers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2003 Company Points to Much-Needed Action at Federal and State Levels in 2003 as Welcome News for Members and Online Medium America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today issued the following statement concerning final Congressional adoption of the "CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003) A U.S. statute effective January 1, 2004 that allows spammers to be fined up to $6 million. Act" (S. 877): "Early in 2003, the Company made a commitment to its members that it would work hard to support and help pass useful anti-spam legislation at the Federal and State levels. "With final Congressional action today on a new anti-spam bill - coupled with Virginia's existing tough anti-spam law - AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. has made good on that commitment to its members. But our ongoing work to curb the tide of spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). will continue - in terms of legislation, developing anti-spam tools and features, taking legal action, and working with industry partners. "This new law is a major victory towards protecting consumers, improving our members' online experience, and cleaning out email inboxes across the medium. "This new law will send a strong signal to the spam kingpins: membership in the spam club has its consequences. If you send junk email using outlaw tactics to AOL's members, we will work with law enforcement to bring the harshest penalties possible - including fines and even jail time. "AOL is especially pleased that the tough new Federal enforcement provisions in this legislation will empower efforts to pursue the most egregious e·gre·gious adj. Conspicuously bad or offensive. See Synonyms at flagrant. [From Latin spammers who use the worst kind of spamming techniques to send the most offensive and unwanted email to our members. "Another key element of this legislation is that it provides states with new enforcement tools, while also allowing for continued enforcement of provisions in state anti-spam laws that prohibit deceptive and false email practices. This means that states like Virginia - which has always been an anti-spam leader and home to AOL - can continue their important efforts to 'slam the spammers'." About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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