JOIN THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FOR A DISCUSSION OF JUNK EMAIL
Concerned about the amount of ”junk“ email you receive?
On Thursday June 12 the Federal Trade Commission will hold a forum on unsolicited commercial email as part of a 3 day public workshop on Internet Privacy issues.
The FTC junk email forum will be cybercast live at democracy.net.
You can listen to the proceedings via RealAudio, view live pictures, submit your thoughts and comments to the FTC, and discuss the issue with other Internet users in a simultaneous online chat room.
DETAILS ON THE EVENT:
Date: Thursday, June 12, 1997
Time: 8:45 am - 12:30 pm Eastern Time
Place: http://www.democracy.net
You will need to have RealAudio and a telnet application installed on your computer.
Visit: http://www.democracy.net/software/
to download the software for FREE.
BACKGROUND ON THE JUNK EMAIL ISSUE
Junk email is one of the most discussed Internet issues today, with emphasis in the press and two pieces of legislation introduced in Congress to address the issue.
To learn more about junk email, we suggest that you read the filings of various people to the Federal Trade Commission, available in the ”Background“ section of the democracy.net page devoted to this event.
ABOUT DEMOCRACY.NET
The democracy.net is a joint project of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) to explore ways of enhancing citizen participation in the democratic process via the Internet.
To this end, democracy.net hosts live, interactive cybercasts of Congressional Hearings and online town hall meetings with key policy makers.