Interactive computer service may block certain electronic mail without liability
An internet service (like an email or web company) can block spam emails on its own if it thinks those emails break Missouri's anti-spam rules. The company cannot get in trouble for blocking those emails as long as it acts in good faith. Also, if the federal government passes a law about spam emails, Missouri's spam rules stop being used.
407.1132. may block certain electronic mail without — federal law to control if enacted. — 1. An interactive computer service may, upon its own initiative, block the receipt or transmission through its of any that it reasonably believes is, or will be, sent in violation of sections 407.1120 to 407.1132.
2. No interactive computer service may be held for any voluntarily taken to block the receipt or transmission through its service of any commercial electronic mail which it reasonably believes is, or will be, sent in violation of sections 407.1120 to 407.1132.
*3. Sections 407.1120 to 407.1132 shall be of no force and effect on and after the date that federal law is enacted that prohibits or otherwise regulates the transmission of messages.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2000 S.B. 763 § 407.1340) *Contingent expiration date *Revisor's note: In 2003, Congress passed the CAN-SPAM Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7701 et seq.) regarding unwanted commercial electronic mail.
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