Coverage dated September 28, 2026

Study: Google and Microsoft's Politically Biased Spam Filtering Obstructed $117 Million in Fundraising for Trump & GOP

Headline from Breitbart News

A newly published study estimates that Republican fundraisers lost $117 million last year after email providers, chiefly Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, inappropriately flagged GOP fundraising messages as spam while allowing Democrat fundraising emails through.

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Reports & sources

2 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Post

    Email spam filters cost GOP fundraisers estimated $117M in donations last year: bombshell study (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The little-noticed analysis, published on July 7 by Cameron Ellis of the University of Iowa and Lars Powell of the University of Alabama, could reignite long-running complaints by Republicans who have accused Google and other tech platforms of suppressing GOP fundraising efforts – while leaving simi…

  2. Breitbart News

    Study: Google and Microsoft's Politically Biased Spam Filtering Obstructed $117 Million in Fundraising for Trump & GOP (opens Breitbart News)

    Published

    Breitbart News's feed description

    A newly published study estimates that Republican fundraisers lost $117 million last year after email providers, chiefly Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, inappropriately flagged GOP fundraising messages as spam while allowing Democrat fundraising emails through.

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