Google intentionally destroyed evidence in antitrust case: US DOJ

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused Google of intentionally destroying employees' chat logs that could have been used in DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against the company over its search business. Google "falsely" told the US in 2019 that it had suspended its "auto-deletion" policy, but continued it till February this year, the department said. Google has denied the allegations.