Judge Says Google Can't Keep Hiding Its Dealings During DOJ Antitrust Trial

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Google has been rather miffed that all its dirty laundry is being aired in public as it tries to fight off federal allegations the company has been monopolizing its digital ecosystem.

After nearly a week of trial documents going offline, a judge has again allowed Google’s secrets to go public, though the tech giant will have time each day to dispute each new release.

This included internal emails, charts, presentations, and more that the Department of Justice argues points to the company knowingly promoting its own products above competitors.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, objected to these documents being shown publicly, and the judge ordered justice officials to take the lot of it off its pre-trial site.

Bloomberg reported from the courtroom that the judge had acknowledged that “once it’s admitted into evidence, in fairness, it is a public document.” The awkwardness started over some presentations the DOJ referenced during testimony from Google VP of Finance Michael Roszak.

Google was concerned that folks online would get the wrong idea about the company’s efforts, with lawyers arguing the documents were “totally irrelevant to these proceedings.”

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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Google has been rather miffed that all its dirty laundry is being aired in public as it tries to fight off federal allegations the company has been monopolizing its digital ecosystem.
After nearly a week of trial documents going offline, a judge has again allowed Google’s secrets to go public, though the tech giant will have time each day to dispute each new release.
This included internal emails, charts, presentations, and more that the Department of Justice argues points to the company knowingly promoting its own products above competitors.
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, objected to these documents being shown publicly, and the judge ordered justice officials to take the lot of it off its pre-trial site.
Bloomberg reported from the courtroom that the judge had acknowledged that “once it’s admitted into evidence, in fairness, it is a public document.” The awkwardness started over some presentations the DOJ referenced during testimony from Google VP of Finance Michael Roszak.
Google was concerned that folks online would get the wrong idea about the company’s efforts, with lawyers arguing the documents were “totally irrelevant to these proceedings.”
The original article contains 506 words, the summary contains 183 words. Saved 64%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!