Gmail: project to keep political emails out of spam

Η is launching a pilot program this week to stop emails from political campaigns from ending up in spam folders.

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Google asked the Federal Election Commission in June whether a program that would allow email campaigns to bypass spam filters by giving users the option to move them to spam first would be legal under anti-spam laws. campaign finance.

Despite hundreds of negative comments submitted to the FEC against the proposal, the FEC approved the program in August. Eligible committees, which comply with security requirements and best practices as outlined by Google, can now register to participate.

Google has come under fire in the past because its algorithms target the conservative on its services and that its Gmail service filters out more Republicans in spam.

The above conclusion is based in part on a study from North Carolina State University, although its authors report that the research has been misinterpreted.

"We expect to start the pilot program with a small number of campaigns from both parties and will test whether these changes improve the user experience and provide more certainty to senders during this election period," said Jose Castaneda, ofof Google, in axes

“We will continue to listen and respond to feedback as the pilot progresses. During the pilot prousers will be in control through a more visible unsubscribe button.”

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