{"id":1175518,"date":"2023-08-25T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1175518"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:48:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:48:20","slug":"judge-tears-apart-republican-lawsuit-alleging-bias-in-gmail-spam-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1175518","title":{"rendered":"Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/getty-spam-800x523-1.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of an envelope stamped with the word \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/getty-spam.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1132\" data-width=\"1731\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: Getty Images | pagadesign)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge yesterday granted Google&#8217;s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC), which <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2022\/10\/republicans-sue-google-to-stop-gmail-from-marking-campaign-messages-as-spam\/\">claims<\/a> that Google intentionally used Gmail&#8217;s spam filter to suppress Republicans&#8217; fundraising emails. An <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.caed.418528\/gov.uscourts.caed.418528.53.0.pdf\">order<\/a> dismissing the lawsuit was issued yesterday by US District Judge Daniel Calabretta.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC is seeking &#8220;recovery for donations it allegedly lost as a result of its emails not being delivered to its supporters&#8217; inboxes,&#8221; Calabretta noted. But Google correctly argued that the lawsuit claims are barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the judge wrote. The RNC <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.caed.418528\/gov.uscourts.caed.418528.1.0.pdf\">lawsuit<\/a> was filed in October 2022 in US District Court for the Eastern District of California.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While it is a close case, the Court concludes that&#8230; the RNC has not sufficiently pled that Google acted in bad faith in filtering the RNC&#8217;s messages into Gmail users&#8217; spam folders, and that doing so was protected by Section 230. On the merits, the Court concludes that each of the RNC&#8217;s claims fail as a matter of law for the reasons described below,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1963275#p3\">Read 15 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1963275&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1963275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | pagadesign) A federal judge yesterday granted Google&#8217;s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC), which claims that Google intentionally used Gmail&#8217;s spam filter to suppress Republicans&#8217; fundraising emails. 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