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Republicans say Google spam filter cost them $2 billion from donors

Google’s practice of filtering Republican campaign emails into spam filters cost the party $2 billion in donations since 2019, GOP lawmakers and the head of the Republican National Committee said.

Republicans made the calculation based on a North Carolina State University study that found Google, the nation’s largest email platform, flagged more Republican campaign emails as spam than Democratic emails during the 2020 election season, and ended up sending as few as 32% of GOP emails to inboxes.

“Big Tech has been silencing conservative voices and actively working against Republicans for multiple cycles,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott and National Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Tom Emmer said in a joint statement provided to Fox News.