Google trained its employees to avoid words that sound monopolistic.
On the last day of Google's antitrust trial with the Department of Justice, the Chief Judge Kenneth Dintzer claims that Google trained employees to avoid words that could make them sound like monopolists. This included avoiding phrases like "market share" and instead using the term "query share". Google employees also reportedly avoided using the words "leverage" in relation to any of the company's products. This was part of a training course Google held in 2011 called Antitrust Basics for Search Team.
According to Kenneth Dintzer, this was part of Google's tactic of hiding data. This was in addition to deleting many employee chat logs through the auto-delete feature that was enabled when chat history was turned off for internal communications. As Bloomberg reports, Googling often instructed employees to have conversations with the history turned off so that logs were deleted within the 24-hour time frame.
DOJ claims Google knew it was violating competition laws
On the first day of the trial, Dintzer issued his opening statement, saying that Google was aware of what he was doing. That it knew it was violating antitrust laws. And that that knowledge was a big part of its tactics over the years, including a history of conversations and avoiding certain words and phrases.
Based on the evidence presented by Dintzer, Google has been using these tactics since 2003. Dintzer also states that Google recently Use this policy in October 2021.
These and other elements according to Dintzer paint a picture of Google's true intentions. And its willingness to circumvent various anti-competition laws to maintain its leading position in search. All of this, of course, is just one side of the argument. Google will likely deny these allegations as it has done with others so far. However, things are already looking a little tough for the search giant. And the trial has just begun.
However, with Dintzer's evidence, things can still go both ways. It's still too early to tell if Google can actually lose this case.
Source of information: androidheadlines.com
