Would the FTC crack down on snake oil someday?

[Duncan Frissell]

At 11:45 PM 3/17/96 +0000, Deranged Mutant wrote:

>FTC TARGETS INTERNET FRAUD
>The Federal Trade Commission is conducting a "wholesale crackdown" on
>perpetrators of allegedly deceptive marketing schemes that are advertised in
>Internet news groups or on the World Wide Web.  Charges were filed against
>nine individuals or companies accused of misleading the public

Nine down and 100,000 to go.

DCF