LINES OF DEFENCE

'[Legislation] sometimes gives a false sense of security'

Yahoo! Hong Kong

'It will take a combination of advanced technology, industry self-regulation, consumer education, effective legislation and targeted enforcement to contain the spam problem'

Microsoft

'Spam is probably the single greatest threat to our industry'

Asia Digital Marketing Association

'Service providers should have the right to examine the contents of electronic messages and prevent the delivery of certain transmissions if they have genuine grounds to suspect a message is unsolicited'