Gmail is now officially allowed to spam-proof politicians’ emails
On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal from Google to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam.
Google’s plan, first reported by Axios in June, 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’s 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’t at risk of breaking current election regulations. In its Thursday ruling, the FEC confirmed that Google’s plan was legal.
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