>I suspect a more effective strategy is to enact legislation that makes companies liable under civil law, with private citizens empowered to sue. There's no ch

>I suspect a more effective strategy is to enact legislation that makes companies liable under civil law, with private citizens empowered to sue. There's no chance that will happen. It should, but it won't. By taking away the ability of individual citizens to sue, and vesting that power in a government agency, it protects the companies while empowering the regulators. The end result is fair toothless regulation and more donations/lobbying dollars flowing from the private sector to the public sector/politicians. A number of anti-spam laws ended up this way.