Google waged a secret court fight against a US warrant demanding identities of hundreds of internet users who searched for the
The search giant had cooperated with earlier warrants in the probe, but Google protested that the US Justice Department’s 2023 demand was “grossly overbroad,” documents show. Complying would subject innocent people to government scrutiny based on politically-oriented searches in the aftermath of the divisive 2020 presidential election, the company argued.