It is reported that Google has set up 'special measures' to exclude emails sent from political organizations from automatic spam detection



Google's email service, Gmail, has unreasonably identified a high percentage of U.S. Republican campaign emails as 'spam,' allowing Republican lawmakers to demand transparency from corporate email filtering services. I submitted a bill to do. In response, Google has taken special steps to prevent emails sent by certain political organizations from being identified as spam, news site Axios reported.

Scoop: Google moves to keep campaign messages out of spam

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/27/google-campaign-email-spam-gmail

Google spam proposal sparks partisan backlash in Washington --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23186742/google-spam-proposal-republicans-democrats-campaign-fundraising

According to a (PDF file) study conducted by North Carolina State University, Gmail's filtering algorithms to identify certain emails as spam are stricter for Republicans, and Republican emails are more than 50% more likely to be identified as spam than Democratic emails. It's expensive. On the other hand, competitors Yahoo and Outlook have found that Democratic emails are 14% and 20% more likely to be identified as spam than Republican emails, respectively.

Following the findings, Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko and others submitted a (PDF file) Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting (BIAS) Emails Act on June 16, 2022. Big Tech says that filtering emails using algorithms is a form of censorship, and that email services filter emails from political campaigns or campaign committees unless users identify themselves as spam. I'm trying to ban it.



According to Axios, the criticized Google will stop filtering emails from organizations registered with the Federal Election Commission, such as the Party Commission and the Political Action Commission, unless it violates Google's policies. Devised special measures that can be excluded from the spam detection system. It has been submitted to the Federal Election Commission and is seeking approval.

If this measure is approved, emails from certain political organizations will no longer be identified as spam, and the first time a user receives these emails, they will receive a prominent notification and will continue to receive or continue to receive emails. After that, you will be able to choose whether to filter.

Through a spokeswoman, Google wants to 'take measures such as minimizing junk emails to provide a great experience for all users, but we haven't filtered emails based on political factions these days. , We have requested that we authorize a pilot program that may improve email reception rates from politicians and increase the transparency of email delivery. We seek new ways to provide the best possible Gmail experience. I'm looking forward to that. '

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who was involved in the introduction of the bill, was reported by Axios: 'Google has finally begun to change its biased algorithm for filtering political email. Big Tech is bad for itself. I've proved that it's time to fight back. '




Foreign media The Verge presents a case where former US President Donald Trump sent a large number of emails to his supporters with a misleading subject and sender. 'It's sad that the Republicans have launched a malicious pressure campaign, rather than just stopping sending spam emails, and Google has succumbed to it,' said Daniel Wessel, deputy communication director for the Democratic National Committee. Is even more disappointing. '

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