In a significant legal development, a federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) against Google. The lawsuit, initiated last year, had accused Google of political bias in relation to its Gmail spam filters. The judge’s decision was based on Google’s protection under Section 230 of US law and the RNC’s failure to sufficiently establish that Google acted in bad faith regarding its spam filtering practices, as reported by The Washington Post.
The crux of the RNC’s lawsuit revolved around its claim that Google deliberately categorized “millions” of RNC emails as spam, resulting in the loss of donations. As evidence, the RNC cited a study that suggested Gmail was more likely to flag Republican emails as spam compared to other email systems. However, the judge noted that the RNC had not convincingly alleged that Google’s actions were in bad faith.
