Google Escapes Suit From RNC Over Fundraiser Email Filtering

A Sacramento federal judge tossed the Republican National Committee’s complaint against Google LLC, saying it failed to argue that state business law prevents the company from filtering its fundraising emails.

Google’s alleged move to direct emails from the RNC to spam folders leading up to the 2022 midterm elections doesn’t rise to the level of substantially injuring customers that would make it an unfair practice, Judge Daniel J. Calabretta of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California wrote in a Wednesday ruling, permanently ending the case.

The RNC’s strongest allegation was that after it filed ...