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Ecommerce minister wants to shut down spam.
(From Newswire (VNU))
Ecommerce minister Mike O'Brien is considering ordering internet service providers to disclose the source of rogue emails in the battle to limit the mounting damage caused by spam.
In his first major pronouncement since taking over from Stephen Timms in the last Government reshuffle, O'Brien says the government is considering whether to give the Information Commissioner power to act against ISPs that fail to adhere to spam rules and standards.
O'Brien made it clear that decisions have not yet been taken, but said it is possible that something similar to the 'stop now' orders that can be made under existing legislation against rogue traders could be implemented.
Speaking briefly at a Computing for Labour fringe meeting at the party's Brighton Conference, the former lawyer said he preferred to ...
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