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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Aug-2022 19:46:04 EDT GeniusMusing
   US Approves Google Plan To Let Political Emails Bypass Gmail Spam Filter Slashdot
   https://nu.federati.net/url/287341
   
   >The US Federal Election Commission approved a Google plan to let campaign emails bypass Gmail spam filters. From a report:
   >The FEC's advisory opinion adopted in a 4-1 vote said Gmail's pilot program is permissible under the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations "and would not result in the making of a prohibited in-kind contribution." The FEC said Google's approved plan is for "a pilot program to test new Gmail design features at no cost on a nonpartisan basis to authorized candidate committees, political party committees, and leadership PACs."
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   Well... crap.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Aug-2022 02:21:59 EDT lnxw48a1

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      @geniusmusing That is an amazingly bad decision. In a way, this amounts to legal exemptions for selected spammers.
      1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 13-Aug-2022 09:28:29 EDT GeniusMusing

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         @lnxw48a1 In this "perfect" dystopian world we live in, the next step is to make reading this crap mandatory... and then opening it up to groups other than "political" spam... for a fee, then try to charge you another fee to try and block it...
         
         Somewhat related, for months I have been getting almost the same spam in one of my domain accounts, it would seem that I am not the only one.
         
         The number of domains used for this is almost unbelievable and I have lost count of how many of them I have blocked.
         
         Advids Spam Email and What to Do About It
         https://herrbischoff.com/2019/11/advids-spam-email-and-what-to-do-about-it/