Italian gov text spams entire country

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The Italian government is in hot water this morning after spamming every single mobile subscriber in Italy with election information.

Silvio Berlusconi's government recently passed laws to jail spammers and file sharers but obviously excuses itself from the new regulations. Consumer groups including Federconsumatori condemned the mass SMS.

Mobile operators were ordered to send the message to all their subscribers.more

coming soon to an election near you..