Google Violates Court Order in Epic Antitrust Case by Not Saving Chat Evidence

Google Violates Court Order in Epic Antitrust Case by Not Saving Chat Evidence

Epic Games recently submitted exhibits to support its case, demonstrating how Google employees tend to turn off chat history. Google CEO Sundar Pichai allegedly wrote in 2021, “…also can we change the setting of this group to history off.” According to the filing, he attempted to delete that message a few seconds later. Google employees are also said to turn off chat histories when discussing topics such as revenue sharing and mobile app distribution agreements, as well as a project involving changing Google Play commission rates.