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Government Likely Violated First Amendment in Getting Apple and Google to Block ICE Sightings Content, Court Holds
The judge said the plaintiffs are likely to prove the government coerced Facebook and Apple, leaving the group and app still blocked.
- U.S. District Judge Jorge Luis Alonso granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from coercing tech companies to remove apps and groups tracking Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.
- Former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pressured Facebook and Apple after influencer Laura Loomer tagged them in October 2025 posts about the 'ICE Sightings- Chicagoland' group and 'Eyes Up' app.
- Public statements from Bondi and Noem showed they 'reached out to Facebook and Apple and demanded, rather than requested, that Facebook and Apple censor Plaintiff's speech,' which Judge Alonso called 'thinly veiled threats.'
- Finding the administration's actions likely violated the First Amendment, the court concluded that 'government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.'
- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression , representing the plaintiffs, said it is 'extremely encouraged by this ruling,' noting it 'bodes well for the future of our legal fight' protecting public criticism of law enforcement.
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Government Likely Violated First Amendment in Getting Apple and Google to Block ICE Sightings Content, Court Holds
From yesterday's decision by Judge Jorge Alonso (N.D. Ill.) in Rosado v. Bondi: Plaintiff Kassandra Rosado runs a Facebook group called "ICE Sightings – Chicagoland" and Plaintiff Kreisau Group runs a phone application called "Eyes Up." Both allow users to post videos and information regarding ICE activity. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants coerced Facebook into disabling the Chicagoland Facebook group and coerced Apple into removing Eyes Up. Pl…
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Judge orders DOJ, DHS to stop censoring anti-ICE social media group
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration appeared to have illegally threatened Facebook and Apple into censoring anti-ICE groups' social media, and he said he'll order the government to cut it out.
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