>On 02/02/14 10:48, Dr Bob Jansen (in Korea) wrote: >> ... As far as I am aware, being a political party means they are >> outside the anti-spam legislation. ...
This is very much on-topic for link, surely. There are plenty of outlines of the law, e.g.: - http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sa200366/s3.html See Schedule 1 clause 3: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sa200366/sch1.html - http://www.caslon.com.au/anzspamprofile.htm (3rd page) See also http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/73.%20Other%20Telecommunications%20Privacy%20Issues/spam-act Given that parliamentarians have prioritised their own self-interest over that of the public, countermeasures are needed. I'd have thought that a set of rules could be devised that would identify political spam with a very low false-positive ratio. Hasn't that been done in quite a few CompSci 2nd year assignments? (If not, why not??). We don't want such a rule-base implemented centrally. But making it available in various formats for plugging into individuals' own filters would seem like a logical measure. -- Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
