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FTC chair Andrew Ferguson warned Google about potential partisan bias in Gmail's spam filters, citing reports that Republican-linked emails are more likely to be marked as spam, which could violate fair trade practices. Google responded that their filters are applied objectively across all political ideologies. The issue highlights ongoing concerns about censorship and bias in digital platforms.
Gmail has introduced a new upgrade to its spam filters called RETVec, which is being hailed as one of the largest defense upgrades in recent years. RETVec is a text classification system that can understand "adversarial text manipulations," such as emails filled with special characters, emojis, and typos that were previously difficult for machines to comprehend. This upgrade has significantly improved Gmail's spam detection rate and reduced false positives, making it a major security enhancement for users.