Published 03:58 IST, July 7th 2020

Google warns Gmail users as broken spam filter sends inappropriate mails to inbox

Google's Gmail spam filter seems to be malfunctioning due to which users have been receiving dangerous, exploitative, and inappropriate emails in the inbox

Reported by: Shubham Bose
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Google's Gmail spam filter seems to be malfunctioning due to which users have been receiving dangerous, exploitative, and highly inappropriate emails in ir main inbox. As per reports, spam filter malfunctioning is part of a larger problem that is causing some users to experience a delay in sending and receiving emails.

Netizens take to Twitter 

According to Gmail’s official service site, problem was first ackwledged by Google on July 1 at 1:57 am. On ir website, Gmail stated that many of its users were experiencing delays with receiving and sending messs as well as or services. Meanwhile, many people have taken to Twitter to complain about issues with ir Gmail inbox. Take a look at ir tweets below.

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According to Google, delay in receiving messs led to many messs inadvertently bypassing spam checks and thus making an appearance in users' primary inbox. While Google has released a statement stating its developers have resolved issue, multiple users have reported that y are still experiencing problems. However, number of complaints has drastically reduced.

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Google’s acquisition of Fitbit under EU scanner

In or related news, regulators from European Union are investigating long-term implications of Tech Giant Google acquiring Fitbit and researching possibility if of those moves allowing Google to drive rival manufactures of wearable devices, app developers, and or online service providers out of business. According to reports, if Google is able to kill off its competition it will boost its own mopoly over online advertising.

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As per reports, EU regulators are concerned that that entirety of Fitbit’s data about its users, such a data about health, location, heart rate, and calorie burned will expand Alphabet Inc market dominance and pseudo mopoly. According to reports, European Commission will come to a decision on Google’s acquisition of Fitbit by July 20.

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03:58 IST, July 7th 2020