Foundations of Criminalization of Spamming

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant professor of Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch

2 M.A in Criminal Law & Criminology

Abstract

An unsolicited electronic message means any messages are sent without recipient’s permission and ignore her/his rights to not receiving messages. Spamming may also provide opportunities for malicious activities in the cyberspace. Problems made by spamming on one hand, and non-efficacy of self regulation techniques used by internet hosts, on the other hand, have made the legislator to take effective action against spamming. There are several countries which have enacted specific laws and regulation with respect to criminalization of spamming and provided particular limitations for data exchange in the cyberspace. It seems that issues like harm, privacy and protection of consumer rights are considered as legal foundations of such legislations. The present research aims to study the foundations of the above mentioned regulations through a comparative approach and from an action-oriented perspective.

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