Aren e-mail petitions OK if they help spread the word about a cause?
Aside from the inherent security and privacy risks posed by chain letters, people have the right and the responsibility to examine both sides of an issue before making a decision. However, information culled from e-mail chain letters is usually neither valid or reliable. Never form an opinion or decide to act based on the information in a single, anonymously authored and haphazardly forwarded e-mail chain letter.
