Government Seeks Sanctions For Google’s Chat Deletion In Ad Tech Antitrust Suit

(August 12, 2024, 10:05 AM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The U.S. government and 17 states filed a motion in a Virginia federal court for an adverse inference related to Google’s purported deletion of chat evidence, arguing that Google’s auto deletion policy of internal company chats after 24 hours has harmed the plaintiffs in their antitrust violation suit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the online digital advertising market....