By Mike Scarcella
Publication Date: 2026-01-16 20:10:00
Jan 16 (Reuters) – The Republican National Committee on Friday lost its appeal that sought to reinstate a lawsuit accusing Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google of intentionally misdirecting the political party’s email messages to users’ spam folders.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld, opens new tab a lower judge’s dismissal of the discrimination lawsuit, which the RNC filed against Google in 2022. The three‑judge panel found that the RNC interacted with Google as a sender to recipients on Google’s platform, and that Google’s email filtering functions are services provided to its users.
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The lawsuit alleged Google had intentionally or negligently sent RNC fundraising emails to Gmail users’ spam folders for partisan reasons and cost the group hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential donations.
The RNC said in a statement that it disagreed with the court’s order, was evaluating its options and “remains committed to…