The U.S. Department of Justice accused Google of erasing evidence that would have been utilized in the government’s antitrust case against the tech giant’s search business, Business Insider’s Lakshmi Varanasi and Sindhu Sundar report, citing a court filing. The department has asked a federal judge to sanction Google over its "intentional and repeated destruction of written communications," noting that the company has long had a policy of urging staff to communicate via "off the record" chats which are automatically deleted after a day. Reference Link
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