jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoJudge mulls sanctions over Google’s “shocking” destruction of internal chatsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1141arrow-down1external-linkJudge mulls sanctions over Google’s “shocking” destruction of internal chatsarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresubignition@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up79·2 months ago According to the DOJ, Google destroyed potentially hundreds of thousands of chat sessions not just during their investigation but also during litigation. Google only stopped the practice after the DOJ discovered the policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampering_with_evidence#Spoliation
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·2 months ago However, in U.S. federal courts, updates to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in 2015 have resulted in significant decline in spoliation sanctions. Oof. Five bucks says this change was driven by concerted megacorp lobbying efforts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampering_with_evidence#Spoliation
Oof. Five bucks says this change was driven by concerted megacorp lobbying efforts.