A top Republican lawmaker has introduced new legislation that would ban Google and other email platforms from filtering campaign emails into spam folders, in the latest bid by Congress to crack down on what critics see as Big Tech’s political bias.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, said the measure would prohibit email platforms from using filtering algorithms on campaign emails if the candidate is running for federal office.
“Gmail and other email services’ inboxing practices are a black box to consumers, and they operate with little accountability,” Mr.