US EditionThe FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says
The FBI probe focuses on encrypted Signal chats allegedly used to track federal agents, including a database of license plates and doxxing, raising potential legal violations.
- On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel said he opened an investigation into Signal group text chats Minnesota residents use to share information about federal agents, examining legal and illegal protest actions.
- On Saturday, Cam Higby, conservative journalist, said he infiltrated encrypted Signal groups and Patel said he opened an investigation immediately after Higby’s post.
- Organizers reportedly used handbooks, dispatchers and databases to log license plates and 'dox' agents, while volunteer patrols in the Twin Cities use Signal alongside other tools amid more than 3,000 federal immigration agents in Minnesota.
- Patel warned investigators would seek arrests if Signal coordination violates federal statutes, while Alex Abdo, litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute, said the First Amendment protects sharing legally obtained information.
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Free speech groups push back as FBI investigates Signal protest chats
A battle is brewing in Minnesota between federal law enforcement and the First Amendment as the FBI opens a criminal investigation into encrypted group chats on the Signal messaging app used by protesters tracking the movement of immigration agents. FBI director Kash Patel announced the investigation Monday, two days after federal officers shot a protester, 37-year-old Alex Pretti, to death on a Minneapolis street. Pretti’s killing came less tha…
Kash Patel finds free speech inconvenient, opens investigation into chat groups warning about ICE
FBI Director Kash Patel announced an investigation into encrypted Signal group chats used by Minnesota residents to share information about federal immigration enforcement — agent locations, vehicle license plates, activity near schools. Patel expressed concern that such activities could "put law enforcement in harm's way," and said investigators would determine if residents violated federal statutes, reports NBC News. — Read the rest The post K…
FBI Director Says Bureau Investigating Signal Chat Groups in Minneapolis
FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday confirmed that the bureau is investigating groups who are allegedly organizing protests against immigration officials in Minneapolis, amid daily demonstrations in the city. In an interview with podcast host Benny Johnson, Patel said that the FBI is investigating whether there is any illegal activity within the protest movement in the city, while adding that he was made aware of reporting by an influencer, Cam H…
Are you protecting your neighbors? FBI director wants to probe your chats.
On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel said he had launched an investigation of Signal chats used by Minnesota families in response to a social media thread from a right-wing influencer. The chats have popped up in response to killings initiated by...
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