Google’s on Trial. No Looking. Why a big chunk of the most important tech trial in years is happening behind closed doors.
(slate.com)https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/google-trial-secret-redactions-trade-secrets-closed-door-testimony.htmlJudge Amit Mehta, a Barack Obama appointee, has been widely derided by journalists and government transparency advocates for his repeated deference to requests by Google—and the other tech companies involved—to redact documents and hold witness testimony behind closed doors.
The case is ostensibly about protecting the interests of consumers and illuminating potentially untoward practices of a business nearly every American depends upon, but the public has consistently been shut out. Google Search has long been called a “black box.” Fittingly, so is its trial.
weird that slate is blasting a big mike appointee lol
