The Great Pink-Out

Samuel M Bowles writes "The Senate has passed a bill entitled the "Murkowski/Torricelli rider" which much of the Internet community sees as a government endorsement of Spam. In response Mickey Chandler, a Texan paralegal and president of the Forum for Responsible and Ethical Email (FREE), is sponsoring the Pink Pages Project. A project very similar to the Green Ribbon campaign, but instead of a small ribbon web sites are turning a spamish pink to protest the new bill. Chandler says "If this amendment becomes law, it could make electronic mail virtually useless." For more information read Wired's article or check out FREE's pink-out page "