STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT’S FILTERS COST THE GOP AN ESTIMATED $117 MILLION
A study by Cameron Ellis of Iowa and Lars Powell of Alabama, using itemized FEC records, estimates that biased spam filtering from Google cost Republicans 142,126 expected first-time WinRed donations, or about $117 million, and functioned as an in-kind lift for ActBlue. From June 30 to September 15, 2025, Google’s use of a SURBL blacklist […] The post GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT’S FILTERS COST THE GOP AN ESTIMATED $117 MILLION appeared first on StoneZone .
A study by Cameron Ellis of Iowa and Lars Powell of Alabama, using itemized FEC records, estimates that biased spam filtering from Google cost Republicans 142,126 expected first-time WinRed donations, or about $117 million, and functioned as an in-kind lift for ActBlue. From June 30 to September 15, 2025, Google’s use of a SURBL blacklist that improperly flagged WinRed links cut first-time WinRed donations 75 percent across Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. A separate Outlook-only stretch from February through April 2025 cut them 83 percent. Placement tests pointed at the WinRed URL. After Google dropped SURBL on September 15, the flow normalized once again, and the censorship apparatus dissipated. But the damage was already done. Combined RNC, NRCC, and NRSC fundraising in 2025 ultimately amounted to $377 million. This is a reminder that Big Tech firms cannot be trusted. They may be playing nice now but it is due to their instincts of self-preservation, not because they have seen the light. A filter that eats the other party’s first-time donors is a campaign finance event the FEC would notice if a super PAC did it with a check. Google’s new verified-sender program is arriving now. This could be more of the same. Or perhaps it will be fair. At least to start, it might be. Until they think they can get away with it again. First-time donors are the hardest money in politics. A blacklist that erases three-quarters of them for ten weeks is a thumb on the scale no Senate hearing should treat as a glitch, no matter how much Google is donating to their campaign coffers. The post GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT’S FILTERS COST THE GOP AN ESTIMATED $117 MILLION appeared first on StoneZone .
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