[IP] Spamming the spammer -- officially!

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 14:02:46 -0500
From: Srini Ramakrishnan <cheeni@cmu.edu>
Subject: [For IP] Spamming the spammer -- officially!
To: David J Farber <dfarber@cmu.edu>

For IP if you wish:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3312765.stm

Phone war declared on Shanghai ads

The authorities in Shanghai are deploying "phone pest" tactics to wage war
on people illegally putting up posters and advertisements around the city.

From next week, a computer using special audio software will call numbers
left on flyers with a message ordering the owner of the phone to remove the
advertisement and pay a fine.

According to the Shanghai Daily newspaper, the phones will be called once an
hour for the first two days.

The frequency of the phone harassment will then be raised gradually - up to
a maximum of one call every eight seconds.

The campaign is in response to growing public complaints about the number of
flyers that are put up on walls, lampposts and phone boxes around Shanghai.

They advertise anything from medical cures to identity cards.

The new phone pest tactics have already been tried out in neighbouring
cities like Suzhou.

In order to stop the calls, phone owners will have to pay a fine of $6-60,
or disconnect their number.

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