scope:

This Recommendation specifies a technical framework for countering advertising spam in user-generated information (UGI). It covers scenarios of advertising spam in UGI, analyses types and characteristics of advertising spam, specifies a user feedback-based recognition mechanism, defines a reference framework and process flows to counter advertising spam.

This technical framework for countering advertising spam mainly focuses on the network service provider side, to allow the best use of network functionalities. Review methods for unknown or suspected spam are outside the scope of this Recommendation.