Google accused of stifling conservative speech

 Washington Examiner:

Conservatives are split over whether Google email filters are flagging Republican lawmakers’ emails as spam and thereby unfairly censoring them unfairly.

A recent study found that Google has disproportionately filtered the fundraising emails of Republican lawmakers into hidden spam folders compared to those from Democratic lawmakers, but conservatives disagree over whether the finding is attributable to Google discriminating against Republicans or to recipients' dislike of the language in emails sent by Republicans.

Republicans are particularly upset about this because a significant amount of political campaign fundraising occurs via email and is critical for rallying base voters and winning elections. Gmail, a free product provided by Google, is the country’s most popular email service.

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said this past week that the study shows that Google, like other Big Tech companies, has an anti-conservative bias and consistently stifles right-wing speech.

“I think it was a pretty significant wake-up call for the leadership at Google that we are not screwing around and we’re not taking it anymore,” one Republican senator told Politico earlier this week after having a private meeting with Google's chief legal officer to discuss the spam filter allegations.

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Some are blaming the rhetoric used by Republicans for triggering filters.  But why allow Google to be the rhetoric editor?  It is not like Democrats do not use inflammatory rhetotic.

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