From: richard@ex-parrot.com   
      
   On 14/05/18 11:00, Ian Goddard wrote:   
   > On 13/05/18 19:26, Chris Dickinson wrote:   
   >> Well, whatever Google (or whoever) may have tried to do in the last 72   
   hours, the situation is now much worse (from the point of view of a Google   
   Groups user).   
   >>   
   >   
   > Was Google trying to do anything?  There's one thing that might prompt   
   > them to.  A recent piece of legislation in the states variously known as   
   > FOSTA or SESTA seems to have grabbed the attention of one part of the   
   > Google behemoth according to this report:   
   > slashdot.org/story/18/03/25/0614209   
   >   
   > If we could get a complaint through to Google about this spam the Act   
   > might prompt them do take some effective action.  My experience of   
   > trying to report Usenet spam to Google via their online system is that   
   > it's about as effective as reporting it to /dev/null.  Does anyone   
   > (maybe Richard Smith) have contacts within Google that might get their   
   > attention?   
      
   I can try, but I'm not optimistic.   
      
   Richard   
      
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