The FEC is closing its file on the case.
The Federal Elections Commission dismissed a Republican-led complaint that Google’s filters in Gmail unfairly send GOP fundraising emails to spam folders at a higher rate than those from Democrats.the FEC’s dismissal on Tuesday, citing a commission letter to Google earlier this month saying that it “found no reason to believe” that Google’s spam filtering algorithms were unfairly weighted against Republicans and could be considered in-kind corporate contributions to Democrats.
The Commission’s bipartisan decision to dismiss this complaint reaffirms that Gmail does not filter emails for political purposes,” José Castañeda, a Google spokesperson, said in a statement toTuesday. “We’ll continue to invest in our Gmail industry-leading spam filters because, as the FEC notes, they’re important to protecting people’s inboxes from receiving unwanted, unsolicited, or dangerous messages.
The dismissal comes months after the FEC voted 4-1 to approve a new pilot program from Google in August to calm the company’s GOP critics. The program allowed candidates, political party committees, and other verified political groups its spam filters. At the time, Democratic Party officials argued that Google had made an unnecessary concession to Republicans whose email programs use “abusive fundraising tactics.”
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