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DOJ alleges Google destroyed hundreds of thousands of chats as antitrust case winds down | The search giant's antitrust troubles are anything but over
The DOJ alleges that Google instituted a policy encouraging employees to disable chat history and delete logs of discussions around sensitive business practices, such as revenue-sharing agreements...
The DOJ alleges that Google instituted a policy encouraging employees to disable chat history and delete logs of discussions around sensitive business practices, such as revenue-sharing agreements and mobile app distribution deals. It has asked Mehta to sanction Google by issuing harsh presumptions that the deleted chat logs contained evidence of anticompetitive conduct and monopolistic intent. Throughout the trial, DOJ lawyers have sought to demonstrate that Google's distribution deals with smartphone makers, browsers, and others illegally stifled competition - akin to the infamous Microsoft antitrust case from the late '90s.
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