{"id":1188,"date":"2003-08-13T22:46:05","date_gmt":"2003-08-14T02:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/08\/13\/ag-slams-anti-spam-spam\/"},"modified":"2003-08-13T22:46:05","modified_gmt":"2003-08-14T02:46:05","slug":"ag-slams-anti-spam-spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/08\/13\/ag-slams-anti-spam-spam\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Slams Anti-Spam Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a620'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"43\">\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/spam.gif\" width=\"191\" height=\"188\"> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"10\">\n<p>\n      <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"470\">\n<p> <font color=\"#990000\" size=\"+1\"><strong>Michigan<br \/>\n        Attorney General  slams &#8216;bogus&#8217; anti-spam group<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Remove.org, the &quot;Do Not Spam&quot; list outfit, has been<br \/>\n          accused of making false claims about its offering and even spamming<br \/>\n        people itself.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox yesterday issued a legal notice<br \/>\n          to Remove.org warning the company that it faces a potential lawsuit<br \/>\n          under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act for deceptively marketing<br \/>\n        its supposedly anti-spam service to consumers\n        <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<p>In a hard-hitting statement, Cox said: &quot;This organisation&#8217;s<br \/>\n        Web site is decorated with the American flag and the Statue of Liberty,<br \/>\n        yet there are few more un-American practices than lying to the public<br \/>\n        about being a charity recognised by the IRS. Remove.org&#8217;s blatant deception<br \/>\n        is a slap in the face of the many legitimate charities that take pains<br \/>\n        to comply with state and<br \/>\n        federal charity laws. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The representations this company makes about its service are outrageous.<br \/>\nThe boastful claim that consumers will see &#8216;no more annoying and offensive spam&#8217;<br \/>\nis itself offensive.&quot; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/content\/55\/32299.html\">from<br \/>\n    the Register<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Attorney General slams &#8216;bogus&#8217; anti-spam group Remove.org, the &quot;Do Not Spam&quot; list outfit, has been accused of making false claims about its offering and even spamming people itself. Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox yesterday issued a legal notice to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/08\/13\/ag-slams-anti-spam-spam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}