US EditionDHS Sends Hundreds of Subpoenas to Social Media Firms for Data on Anonymous ICE Critics: NYT
DHS issued hundreds of subpoenas to identify anonymous social media users criticizing ICE or posting agent locations, with many requests withdrawn before judicial review.
- On Friday, The New York Times reported that the Department of Homeland Security is expanding efforts to identify Americans opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending legal requests to Google, Meta, Reddit, and Discord for account data.
- DHS officials say they are using administrative subpoenas to investigate threats to ICE agents and cited their `broad administrative subpoena authority`, ramping up use last year to identify anonymous social media accounts.
- Tech company review processes and user notifications say Google, Meta, Reddit, and Discord review subpoenas in recent months, sometimes comply, and inform users unless legally barred.
- In court filings, civil‑liberties lawyers said many subpoenas were withdrawn before a judge could rule, leaving targeted users with 10 to 14 days to challenge, and the A.C.L.U. has filed motions to quash requests.
- The trend accelerated after the department ramped up subpoenas last year, including a Sept. 11 Meta request, while Tom Homan, White House border czar, urged to `create a database`.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began sending requests to technology companies such as Google and Meta (Facebook and Instagram owner) to obtain private account data tracking Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) agents.Administrative social media quotesAccording to The New York Times, four technology sector officials confirmed that Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta have received administrative subpoenas from the DHS.In applicati…
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