{"id":12242,"date":"2022-08-12T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/12\/gmail-is-now-officially-allowed-to-spam-proof-politicians-emails\/"},"modified":"2022-08-12T14:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:40:44","slug":"gmail-is-now-officially-allowed-to-spam-proof-politicians-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/12\/gmail-is-now-officially-allowed-to-spam-proof-politicians-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail is now officially allowed to spam-proof politicians\u2019 emails"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/11\/23301554\/google-gmail-spam-filters-republicans-gop-trump<\/a>
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On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal from Google<\/a> to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s plan, first reported by Axios<\/em> in June<\/a>, would allow for candidates, political party committees, and leadership political action committees to apply for the program that would make their messages exempt from Gmail\u2019s spam detection systems. While Google did not need the FEC to approve the plan before rolling it out, it sought a vote earlier this summer to ensure the program wasn\u2019t at risk of breaking current election regulations. In its Thursday ruling, the FEC confirmed that Google\u2019s plan was legal. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have a hard time getting around the fact that this is a unique benefit offered to political committees, and only political committees,\u201d commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub said during the FEC\u2019s Thursday open meeting. Because of the program\u2019s exclusivity, Weintraub likened it to Google offering its own \u201cin-kind\u201d contribution to political groups.<\/p>\n

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