Large Majority of Those Online Want Spamming Banned
Source: Media Post
The public is up in arms about spamming and does not want to take it anymore. Among those who are online, fully 80% say that they find spamming very annoying, a huge increase from the 49% who felt this way two and a half years ago. As a result of this hostility, an overwhelming 74% to 12% majority of those online favors making mass spamming illegal. This support for banning mass spamming is found among every demographic group. Between 70% and 80% of all age groups, all income groups, both sexes, blacks, whites and Hispanics, Republicans and Democrats all favor such a ban.
These are the results of The Harris Poll conducted online by Harris Interactive between November 22 and December 2, 2002 among a national sample of 2,221 adults, aged 18 or over, who are online.
While many people are annoyed by many different kinds of spam, messages selling pornography (91%), mortgages and loans (79%), investments (68%) and real estate (61%) annoy the largest number of people.
