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Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 10 months ago (21 children)

Spam filters are also built with users in mind.

If users are hitting the spam button, that's people signaling that the email is shit.

If people are telling them to shut up, that's not bias, that's "your words are garbage to GTFO"

[–] [email protected] 42 points 10 months ago

Sent an email to my local representative looking to improve things locally. No response, but I was signed up for several newsletters and campaign donation lists after that. Nearly as upsetting as the endless torrent of advertisements from the vet that put down my dog. No, I’m not in the market for heart worm medication anymore. Fuck that vet, and fuck my local rep.

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