Here’s another brilliant idea from our guardians, the gummint. The Federal Trade Commission is requiring spammers to label their porn spam “sexually explicit.” There are so many things wrong with this that I don’t know where to begin.
Now, I hate spam like everyone else. I hate porn spam even more. But passing a law against it will not work. That’s because the Internet routes around stupid laws. I’m sure all those Chinese and Filipino entrepreneurs are quaking in their boots now that their spam is against U.S. law.
Why, oh, why do our fearless leaders think the U.S. owns the Internet, and that U.S. laws will somehow affect what’s available on it? Just like we all noticed a dramatic drop in spam once the CAN-SPAM law took effect, I’m sure these new FTC rules will spell the end of porn spam on the Internet.