# Consumer Advocates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 13, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242 "2026-04-13T14:48:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242/1 "2026-04-13T14:48:27Z")

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Does anyone know who is/are the consumer advocate group(s) that would flood the phones and/or faxes of politicians to lobby for laws limiting SPAM? I’d love to contact them about my situation. I am hoping someone here knows how to reach them.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242/2 "2026-04-13T15:52:01Z")

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I googled [anti-spam lobby groups] and got a decent list. You might try that.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242/3 "2026-04-13T18:39:05Z")

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There are anti-spam laws, like the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act, but they are not very effective since a lot of spam comes from other countries which aren’t under the jurisdiction of US laws.

Anyway, if you don’t want your spam, I’ll have it. I love it.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242/4 "2026-04-14T01:53:04Z")

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> [@markn\_1](#):
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> Anyway, if you don’t want your spam, I’ll have it. I love it.

Wonderful Spam is, just wonderful.

Seems political spam gets a pass, or is designed to get around the SPAM act. Just can’t stop that crap.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242/5 "2026-04-14T11:57:14Z")

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Wouldn’t your free speech absolutists raise a stink?

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-advocates/1029242/6 "2026-04-17T18:24:00Z")

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Thanks! So obvious, and yet it didn’t occur to me. Ug!