FTC Chair Ferguson’s Ridiculous Crusade: Threatening Google Over Spam Filters That Actually Work

FTC Chair Ferguson’s Ridiculous Crusade: Threatening Google Over Spam Filters That Actually Work

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson has apparently decided his latest form of politically motivated lawfare (the thing he insisted he would end once he took over) should be threatening Google over… checks notes… having spam filters that work too well at blocking actual spam. In a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai last week, Ferguson claims the company may be violating the FTC Act because Gmail’s spam detection system catches Republican fundraising e…