FTC Establishes Spam Task Force

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NEW YORK The Federal Trade Commission has established a task force comprised of 136 federal and state law enforcement personnel in 36 states to combat spam, or unwanted commercial e-mail.

The task force will conduct monthly conference calls to share information on spam trends, technologies, investigative techniques, targets and cases, FTC chairman Timothy Muris told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation today.

Muris also informed the committee that the FTC is on track to complete the array of rule makings and reports required by the CAN-SPAM Act, which took effect Jan.



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