The DOJ has accused Google of encouraging employees to delete sensitive chat logs where they discussed the inner workings of the search giant’s business, including messages potentially revealing the company’s alleged anticompetitive practices and monopolistic intent in the search market.
TechSpot reports that in an ongoing legal battle, the DOJ has taken aim at Google’s document retention policy, alleging that the tech giant deliberately destroyed records that could have exposed its efforts to illegally exclude rivals and maintain dominance in the search market. The government lawyers have asked Judge Amit Mehta to issue harsh presumptions that the deleted chat logs contained evidence of anticompetitive conduct.
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