When did the RNC file a lawsuit against Google?

On October 21, RNC filed a lawsuit against Google in federal district court in California.

What is Google's new spam-bypass program?

After being approved by the Federal Election Commission, Google has recently started a pilot for political senders to assist in using spam filters. Google launched this feature to reduce spam counts and deliver the maximum number of emails. However, RNC has not applied for this feature.

Republican National Committee sues Google, accuses Gmail spam of blocking fundraising emails

Ahead of the midterm elections in the US, the Republican National Committee sued Google for filtering the party's fundraising emails in the spam folder. However, Google stopped screening any emails based on political connections.

By ET Spotlight Special | Oct 23, 2022, 09.15 PM IST

Shortly before the midterm election in the US, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has sued Alphabet Inc's Google, claiming that the Internet giant was identifying the party's fundraising emails as spam because of the RNC's political and conservative views.

The RNC has filed a lawsuit against Google.

The RNC filed a lawsuit against Google because the internet giant is unjustly discriminating against the RNC by confining its email messages because of the party’s political affiliation and views.

RNC’s lawsuit demanded Google stop further filtering the messages and compensate for the monetary loss of $75,000 faced by RNC. The lawsuit also said that during the crucial time when the party needed monetary donations, Google sent all the fundraising emails to potential donors and supporters to their spam folder.

Google to delete inactive Gmail, Drive, Photos for consumer accounts from 2021 onward

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According to a report by IANS, Google is introducing new policies for consumer accounts, effective from June 1 next year, and if you have been inactive in Gmail, Drive or Photos for two years, the company may delete the content in the product in which you are inactive.

The RNC said that despite their continuous effort to work in harmony with Google, the Internet giant has been discriminating against them for almost ten months.

However, José Castañeda, Google's rep, denied all these claims and said that Google does not filter emails based on political connections but on users' actions. Google provides adequate training and guidelines for campaigns regarding its Gmail system.

FAQs:

When did the RNC file a lawsuit against Google?
On October 21, RNC filed a lawsuit against Google in federal district court in California.
What is Google's new spam-bypass program?
After being approved by the Federal Election Commission, Google has recently started a pilot for political senders to assist in using spam filters. Google launched this feature to reduce spam counts and deliver the maximum number of emails. However, RNC has not applied for this feature.

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