The RNC sues Google for allegedly putting its campaign emails in Gmail spam; the RNC has been criticizing Google’s pilot to keep campaign emails out of spam (Axios)

Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Source: nearly a month after Google launched a pilot to keep political campaign emails from going to Gmail’s spam folder, RNC hasn’t joined or applied to it  —  With only weeks until Election Day, the Republican National Committee is escalating its war over Gmail’s spam filters in what critics deem …

Ashley Gold / Axios:
Google is launching a pilot program to keep emails from political campaigns from going to users’ spam folders this week, following pressure from politicians  —  Google is launching a pilot program to keep emails from political campaigns from going to users’ spam folders this week, the company told Axios.

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
A tech industry group including Google and Meta sues to block California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, saying it would result in content “over-moderation”  —  It’s the latest legal salvo over the future of social media regulation, an issue that has been appealed to the Supreme Court.

New York Times:
California’s AG files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, focusing on the company allegedly penalizing sellers who list products at lower prices on other sites  —  Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, said the retailer punishes companies that offer lower prices on other websites.

Bloomberg:
Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social media watchdog group  —  Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. were accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social-media watchdog group.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Court filings: Apple settled with FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou; the lawsuit alleged Apple rejected his Watch app and then approved rip-offs of the app  —  An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show …