FTC Chairman Suggests Gmail Spam Filtering Has It In for GOP Candidates

The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission warned Google that he may make a federal case out of how Gmail’s spam filters treat fundraising messages for Republican candidates.

Andrew N. Ferguson, named by President Trump in January to lead the government’s primary consumer-protection office, announced Thursday that he had sent a two-page letter (PDF) to Google CEO Sundar Pichai advising that Gmail’s spam filters could qualify as “unfair or deceptive acts or practices.”

“My understanding from recent reporting is that Gmail’s spam filters routinely block messages from reaching consumers when those messages come from Republican senders but fail to block similar messages sent by Democrats,” Ferguson wrote. 

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