Google deleted chats and hid internal comms from antitrust probe - court

Google CEO Sundar Pichai took to the stand to defend the company against allegations that it changed policies and defaults to block DoJ

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“To keep information accessible, we only remove content from our search results in limited circumstances, such as compliance with local laws or site owner requests.”

Today, Google’s CEO appeared before US Government lawyers to defend accusations that he deleted chat histories and allowed internal communications to be hidden from antitrust investigations.

Sundar Pichai testified that he “very rarely” changes settings so that his chat records are deleted …