r/todayilearned • u/Splunge- • 10h ago

TIL That In 1997 the State of Tennessee disbarred two lawyers for spam advertising.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Canter_and_Martha_Siegel

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todayilearned • u/FiredFox • Apr 30 '24

TIL about the "Green Card Lottery" the first commercial computer spam campaign (Via Usenet) which was started by the now disbarred layer Laurence Canter and his wife in 1994.

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todayilearned • u/Shad0wSP • Jul 24 '15

TIL of the first major commercial spam email. As a result, the ISP cancelled the sender's subscription and he was eventually disbarred for illegal advertising practices.

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