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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – It’s not every day that people check their spam folders – but it could be the destination for dozens of campaign emails intended for your inbox. A North Carolina State University study found that Google has been sending 68 percent of Republican campaign emails to spam – while just 8 percent of Democratic ones met the same fate. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is introducing a bill called the “Political BIAS Email Act” that would ban big tech from filtering campaign emails

Google and Yelp appear to have suspended the ability to post reviews for some crisis pregnancy centers listed on those platforms, which some activists say could prevent them from providing accurate information about the centers which are known for attempting to persuade women seeking abortions to not get them. Google appears to have also suspended the ability to post reviews of some abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. The suspension of the ability to post reviews was first noticed by… Source link

After months of pressure from Republicans, Google has a new plan to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam, according to new documents obtained by The Verge. Google’s plan, first reported by Axios, would allow for candidates, political party committees, and leadership political action committees to apply for a special “pilot program” that would make their messages exempt from Gmail’s spam detection systems. The idea was proposed to the Federal Elections Commission in a… Source link

Google has asked the Federal Election Commission to green light a program that could keep campaign emails from ending up in spam folders, according to a filing obtained by Axios. Why it matters: Google has come under fire that its algorithms unfairly target conservative content across its services, and that its Gmail service filters more Republican fundraising and campaign emails to spam. Republican leadership introduced a bill this month that would require platforms to share how their… Source link

Google has disabled businesses ability to use RCS for promotion in India, the company’s biggest market by users, following reports of rampant spam by some firms in a setback for the standard that the company is hoping to be the future of SMS messaging. Rich Communication Services, or RCS, is the collective effort of a number of industry players to supercharge the traditional SMS with modern features such as richer texts and end-to-end encryption. Google, Samsung… Source link

Google Messages users in India have reported receiving a deluge of unwanted ads in recent weeks using Rich Communication Services (RCS), and it seems Google has employed a response strategy: turn them all off. A Google spokesperson told Gadgets 360 that the company is “aware that some businesses are abusing our anti-spam policies to send promotional messages to users in India,” and it would be “disabling this feature in India while we work with the industry to improve the experience… Source link

Search marketers are buzzing about Google’s John Mueller calling AI-generated content “spam.” He did this while answering a question during the April 1 Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout (and it was no joke). Mueller’s response is not shocking. Especially considering Google has answered this question many times in recent years. Plus, automatically generated content has long been part of their webmaster guidelines as something to avoid. Yet, AI-generated content is a popular… Source link

My phone has been blowing up lately. Yes, I have dozens of fans — I call them Howley’s Wolf Pack — but that’s not who texts me at all hours of the day and night. No, I’ve been getting texts from numbers telling me a delivery I never ordered has been lost. Or for products that will, confusingly, “enhance our sluggishness.” Yep, I’m talking about spam texts. And lately my phone has been inundated by them. And chances are yours has too. It’s not just an annoyance either. Spam… Source link

Former President Trump signed a bill his aides (as well as Democrats) touted as “historic legislation” to protect Americans against robocalls exactly two years ago — Dec. 30, 2019. But a new report released this month finds Americans haven’t seen much relief in the intervening years with scammers proving ever-more sophisticated — and using texts more and more — to get around the roadblocks placed in their way. The 2021 Global Spam Report from Truecaller, a caller ID and spam… Source link

Google wants to make sure you’re only seeing the invitations you want. Taylor Martin/CNET … Source link