* “the provider has a good faith, reasonable belief that the message
contains malicious computer code, obscene material, material depicting
sexual conduct, or material that violates other law”
And guess what I have on all of my spam filters? Good faith, reasonable
evidence and belief that it contains material which violates the law:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003
On 2021-09-23 21:45, John Levine via mailop wrote:
A bizarre new Texas law makes most spam filtering illegal, effective
Dec 2:
“An electronic mail service provider may not intentionally impede the
transmission of another person’s electronic mail message based on the
content of the message” unless:
* it “provides a process for the prompt, good faith resolution of a
dispute related to the blocking with the sender of the commercial
electronic mail message” or
* “the provider has a good faith, reasonable belief that the message
contains malicious computer code, obscene material, material depicting
sexual conduct, or material that violates other law”
Senders who are blocked can sue for $10/msg up to $25K/day. If I had
any users in Texas, I would turn off all the spam filtering.
Why take the risk?
If you think this is mind-bogglingly stupid and nobody in their right
mind would pass such a law, you are correct, but, you know, Texas.
More info here:
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/09/texas-enacts-social-media-censorship-law-to-benefit-anti-vaxxers-spammers.htm
R's,
John
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