Junk mail.Fed up with those annoying messages in your inbox? It could be worse. In 2003, Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. received an average of 10 unsolicited commercial messages a day. Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , on the other hand, gets a relatively low level of so-called "spam" messages, averaging two per day. Watch out, though. Researchers predict foreign language spam messaging can only rise as PC and Internet penetration grows in Latin America. |
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