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 similar 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 filed implicit YouTube’s determination to prohibition Trump’s account successful the aftermath of the January 6th riot astatine the US Capitol. The lawyers expect “additional discussions … successful the adjacent future.” Trump besides sued then-Facebook and Twitter implicit 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 inactive untangling itself from a messiness of ineligible battles, including 2 abstracted anti-monopoly lawsuits the Justice Department won against it. It’s awaiting decisions connected however those judges spot acceptable to remedy its harms to contention successful the online hunt and advertisement tech markets, which could see forcing it to merchantability its Chrome browser. Meanwhile, recent chaos astatine the DOJ Antitrust Division has near erstwhile enforcers fearing that the bureau appears susceptible to extracurricular firm influence. “This could beryllium different illustration of however elephantine corporations are enabling Trump’s authoritarianism,” Warren warns.