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World Service,3 mins

SeriesAleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet

Who invented online spam?

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In 1994, lawyer Laurence Canter, along with his partner Martha Siegel, became the first person to spam online users. He explains how it all began. (Image: Spam folder, Credit: Getty Images.)

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