Lede: The Free Software Foundation has been unable to secure a response from Google concerning a Gmail account that sent over 10,000 spam messages.

Primary source reporting on daedal.io states the FSF attempted multiple contact channels to report the abuse with no reply received to date (https://daedal.io/@thomzane/116410863009847575). The associated Hacker News thread from July 2025 contains one comment noting the incident (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47788424). A 2023 Google Transparency Report documented blocking 1.5 billion spam messages daily yet omitted metrics on resolution timelines for flagged active accounts originating from Gmail (https://transparencyreport.google.com/).

A 2022 Krebs on Security investigation found compromised Gmail accounts routinely used for spam campaigns that persisted for weeks despite abuse reports, matching the volume pattern described by the FSF. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's 2021 report on centralized infrastructure noted that reliance on single providers leaves reporters with few escalation options when initial abuse channels fail.

FSF documentation from its 2020 campaign against Google services recorded prior instances of delayed responses to reported policy violations, consistent with the current spam case.