Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions

In July 2007, the FTC staff held a workshop titled Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions, to examine the evolution of spam as a vehicle for malware and phishing, and to develop strategies for mitigating its effects.24 The Summit convened experts from the business, government, and technology sectors, as well as consumer advocates and academics. Generally, the data presented at the Summit suggest that while spam has had some ill-effects on consumer trust, consumers continue to use email on a wide scale and increasingly exercise sophisticated management of their inboxes. The conclusions reached at the summit were incorporated into an FTC staff report titled "Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions."