AT&T accused of spamming its own customers

AT&T appears to have made a monumental blunder. Over the past week they sent text messages to most of their customers. The messages were ads for American Idol, and urged customers to watch the season premiere. The backlash has been considerable as angry users accused the company of spamming them. Many used Twitter to express their annoyance.

AT&T says since the messages were free, they weren’t spam. Hmm. Let’s think about that. The majority of us aren’t charged for the spam we get in our email inboxes, but those ads for Viagra, fake watches and cut rate mortgages are definitely considered spam, right? Sorry AT&T, that justification just doesn’t fly. Read More>>