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FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warns Google not to filter or suppress emails sent by Republicans over Gmail (www.ftc.gov)

submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36488526

Letter.

My understanding from recent reporting is that Gmail’s spam filters routinely block messages from reaching consumers when those messages come from Republican senders but fail to block similar messages sent by Democrats. Indeed, according to recent reporting, Alphabet has “been caught this summer flagging Republican fundraising emails as ‘dangerous’ spam— keeping them from hitting Gmail users’ inboxes—while leaving similar solicitations from Democrats untouched….” Likewise, commenters on the FTC’s request for information regarding Technology Platform Censorship have complained that Google is using a partisan approach in administering its spam filters. And finally, as you know, similar concerns have resulted in ongoing litigation against Google in other settings.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They damn well better continue to filter spam as spam. Republican political campaign emails are more like a chain letter than an actual advertisement.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

and those spam filters get trained by people marking emails as spam. Its funny that they publicly just admitted that they are less popular than democrats from a source that cannot possibly have been biased.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

I get three to five spam emails every day from Republican agents asking "Patriots" to send money to help defend against the woke liberals. They keep changing the subjects and domains sent from, so it is difficult to block them effectively.

The kicker is that I live in Canada, and have never lived in the US or been eligible to vote in a US election.