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NYT article that has more information: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/technology/tulsi-gabbard-sues-google.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/technolog
by gringoDan 7y ago
NYT article that has more information: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/technology/tulsi-gabbard-sues-google.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/technology/tulsi-gabbard-...
The account was inactive from 9:30pm on June 27th - 3:30am on June 28th. This doesn't seem like an act of malice from Google, but rather a verification check.
Some excerpts:
> Tulsi Now Inc., the campaign committee for Ms. Gabbard, said Google suspended the campaign’s advertising account for six hours on June 27 and June 28, obstructing its ability to raise money and spread her message to potential voters.
> After the first Democratic debate, Ms. Gabbard was briefly the most searched-for candidate on Google. Her campaign wanted to capitalize on the attention she was receiving by buying ads that would have placed its website at the top of search results for her name.
> The lawsuit also said the Gabbard campaign believed its emails were being placed in spam folders on Gmail at “a disproportionately high rate” when compared with emails from other Democratic candidates.
- Causality1 7y agoNow now, we can't let facts get in the way of the victimhood Olympics.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments, call names, or take threads further into flamewar. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 7y agoChanged to that now. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20528797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20528797.
- danielvinson 7y agoIn general, I think people would appreciate the link not being to a paywall.
- mirimir 7y agoIndeed. The NY Times has become unreadable. Sad. Edit: OK, if you hit reader mode fast enough, it is readable. Otherwise you just get: > Thanks for reading The Times. > Create your free account or log in to continue reading.
- dang 7y agoUsers usually post workarounds in the thread. There's one elsewhere in this thread.