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Rescue workers navigate a street in southern Brazil after a flood that displaced more than 115,000 people and left close to 80 dead. Google shrunk a team that has helped police save lives and investigate major crimes, even as it promised the DOJ it would keep it adequately staffed.
Among the most significant backlogs are thousands of requests from grieving families seeking access to the Google accounts of deceased relatives. The sackings and opportunistic attrition have left the remaining LIS team with a fast growing list of inbound and urgent requests for data, sources said. Warnings from department chiefs have been frank: for a team already working with “extremely limited bandwidth” backlogs would be “substantial” and they would mount over the summer and likely beyond.
Google spokesperson Matt Bryant disputed the notion that the company has diminished LIS’s ability to do its work effectively. “We routinely make team changes and have significantly improved our processes around legal investigations,” he said. “Recent adjustments consolidate the team’s work to fewer locations while maintaining our high standards for law enforcement demands.” He said the cuts and hiring freezes in no way impacted Google’s commitments to complying with U.S.
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