Spam: international-legal aspects

Rastegari Sayedebrahim

Mass emailing of unwanted messages has become a huge issue in the area of the Internet and electronic communications. The problem of spam does not mainly refer to the content of the message, but to the user’s consent to receive them. Due to the fundamental limitlessness of the Internet, the effective struggle against spam is not possible under the federal legislation. This article considers the problem of spam in the context of federal and international law in order to clarify the need for the International Corporation for the fight against spam.

Keywords:spam, internet, international law, security, email