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FTC Chair Ferguson’s Ridiculous Crusade: Threatening Google Over Spam Filters That Actually Work
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson has apparently decided his latest form of politically motivated lawfare (the thing he insisted he would end once he took over) should be threatening Google over… checks no…
In a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai last week, Ferguson claims the company may be violating the FTC Act because Gmail’s spam detection system catches Republican fundraising emails. 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….” If this theory of FTC authority were accepted, it would open the door for government officials to threaten any tech company whose algorithms don’t produce politically favorable results.
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