Google Is Having ‘productive Discussions’ With Trump Lawyers About His Deplatforming Suit

Critics of Big Tech and President Donald Trump are connected precocious alert arsenic Google and President Donald Trump’s ineligible teams are engaged successful what look for illustration imaginable colony discussions.

Lawyers for Trump and Google’s YouTube recently told a national judge they “continue to prosecute successful productive discussions regarding adjacent steps” successful a suit Trump revenge complete YouTube’s determination to prohibition Trump’s account successful nan aftermath of nan January 6th riot astatine nan US Capitol. The lawyers expect “additional discussions … successful nan adjacent future.” Trump besides sued then-Facebook and Twitter complete their bans, and Meta recently paid $25 cardinal to settee theirs. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) now warns that Google mightiness beryllium next to travel its lead.

Google is still untangling itself from a messiness of ineligible battles, including 2 abstracted anti-monopoly lawsuits nan Justice Department won against it. It’s awaiting decisions connected really those judges spot fresh to remedy its harms to title successful nan online hunt and advertisement tech markets, which could see forcing it to waste its Chrome browser. Meanwhile, recent chaos astatine nan DOJ Antitrust Division has near erstwhile enforcers fearing that nan agency appears susceptible to extracurricular firm influence. “This could beryllium different illustration of really elephantine corporations are enabling Trump’s authoritarianism,” Warren warns.