Hypothetically speaking, it could require at least retaining and backing up the text of every chat and e-mail produced.
For a FANG company, a year of chats or emails should trivially fit on a consumer-grade hard-drive. This isn't a technically difficult problem.
No, that doesn't capture every bit of communication in a company, but it's a very low bar that the government ought to require.
It also raises the difficulty bar for hiding bad behaviour. If keeping bad behaviour off the record requires in-person meetings, and synchronous phone calls, it makes the people engaging in it dramatically less efficient.
Hypothetically speaking, it could require at least retaining and backing up the text of every chat and e-mail produced.
For a FANG company, a year of chats or emails should trivially fit on a consumer-grade hard-drive. This isn't a technically difficult problem.
No, that doesn't capture every bit of communication in a company, but it's a very low bar that the government ought to require.
It also raises the difficulty bar for hiding bad behaviour. If keeping bad behaviour off the record requires in-person meetings, and synchronous phone calls, it makes the people engaging in it dramatically less efficient.