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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by jakelazaroff on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:17AM (#24305868)
Why should e.g. hate speech be allowed but not spam? Spam is perfectly legal.

You’re not actually against lines being drawn through legal speech — you just don’t like where they fall.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:50AM (#24306314)
> Spam is perfectly legal

That's a somewhat bold claim. At minimum, CAN-SPAM makes the worst of it illegal.

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by jakelazaroff on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:04PM (#24306523)
CAN-SPAM only covers email [1]:

> [An Act] To regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on the trans-mission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the Internet.

[1] https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cases/2007...

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by thu2111 on Friday August 28, 2020 @11:51AM (#24306328)
Spam is made illegal in America via the CAN-SPAM act.
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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by jakelazaroff on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:04PM (#24306531)
CAN-SPAM only covers email; see sibling comment.
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