FTC chair claims Google shunting GOP emails into spam folder (www.theregister.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to tech@programming.dev on 29 Aug 15:40
https://lemmy.nz/post/27481832

The Trump administration has accused Google of discriminating against Republicans’ emails and warned that the tech giant could be in line for a crackdown.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Andrew Ferguson wrote [PDF] to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday, citing a recent New York Post report that alleged Gmail was routinely flagging Republican fundraisers’ emails as spam, while not doing the same to missives from their Democratic counterparts.

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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Aug 15:54 next collapse

Maybe they should stop sending emails out that sound like scams.

mysticpickle@lemmy.ca on 29 Aug 17:10 next collapse

I report all political emails as spam now TBH.

MacStainless@piefed.social on 29 Aug 17:29 collapse

Hey remember the time Republicans complained about the same thing, so Google built a system they could use to bypass spam filters, but no Republicans used it, so Google shut the program down?

Pepperidge Farm remembers. RNC sued Google for filtering spam but never used Gmail tool that bypasses filter