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An example of the Scunthorpe problem in Wikipedia because of a regular expression identifying "cunt" in the username. The Scunthorpe problem is the unintentional blocking of online content by a spam filter or search engine because their text contains a string (or substring) of letters that appear to have an obscene or otherwise unacceptable meaning.
Pinterest: pinterest.com: pinterest.com: Image sharing: Multilingual: March 2017–present [33] Blocked SoundCloud: SoundCloud.com SoundCloud.com Music streaming Multilingual September 2013–present [34] Blocked Signal Private Messenger: signal.org signal.org Instant messaging: Multilingual March 16, 2021 – present [35] Blocked Dropbox ...
A spammer can direct an open proxy to connect to a mail server, and send spam through it. The mail server logs a connection from the proxy—not the spammer's own computer. This provides an even greater degree of concealment for the spammer than an open relay, since most relays log the client address in the headers of messages they pass. [8]
None (loosely; Movimento Brasileiro de Combate ao Spam) [6] Bulgaria: The Law of electronic commerce (2006) Чл.5,6: December 26, 2006 [7] Canada: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000 (PIPEDA) [8] Canada: Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act 2010 [9] Canada: Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation 2014 (CASL) [10] China
Shadow banning, also called stealth banning, hell banning, ghost banning, and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not readily apparent to the user, regardless of whether the action is taken by an individual or an algorithm.
In many jurisdictions there are anti-spam laws in place that restrict the harvesting or use of email addresses. [original research?In Australia, the creation or use of email-address harvesting programs (address harvesting software) is illegal, according to the 2003 anti-spam legislation, only if it is intended to use the email-address harvesting programs to send unsolicited commercial email.
Greylisting is a method of defending e-mail users against spam. A mail transfer agent (MTA) using greylisting will "temporarily reject" any email from a sender it does not recognize. If the mail is legitimate, the originating server will try again after a delay, and if sufficient time has elapsed, the email will be accepted.
CAN-SPAM, a direct response of the growing number of complaints over spam e-mails, [8] defines a "commercial electronic mail message" as "any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service (including content on an Internet website operated for a commercial ...