Google reportedly told the government that it had already “put a legal hold in place” to suspend auto-deletion on its chat tool. However, the DOJ alleges that the company’s claim was a lie and that it only stopped deleting chat histories this week after being warned that the agency would file a motion for sanctions. The DOJ is now asking the court to rule that Google violated a federal rule and to order a hearing to determine how the company should be sanctioned. It also wants the court to order Google to provide more information about its chat practices.
