<ul><li>The Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused Google of systematically destroying instant message chats every 24 hours, in violation of federal rules to preserve potentially relevant communications for litigation.</li><li>The DOJ claims that Google should have changed its defaults in 2019 when the company anticipated this litigation.</li><li>This alleged issue has been raised previously in Epic Games' antitrust litigation against Google.</li><li>The DOJ's accusation raises concerns about Google's compliance with federal rules and its handling of potentially relevant communications for litigation purposes.</li></ul>

DOJ accuses Google of destroying required chat messages during antitrust probe

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