US EditionReport: DHS Subpoenas Info About Anti-ICE Social Media Accounts
DHS issued hundreds of subpoenas to major tech firms seeking user data linked to ICE critics to protect agents, sparking First Amendment challenges and protests nationwide.
- On Feb. 14, The New York Times reported the Department of Homeland Security requested names, emails, phone numbers and other data tied to accounts criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- DHS attorneys said the agency sought identifying information on accounts that do not display a real person’s name to protect ICE agents amid public ire in recent weeks after the killings of two Minneapolis residents.
- Major platforms say they review legal demands individually, push back on deficient requests, and notify users unless legally prohibited, while government officials said Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some subpoenas.
- A Philadelphia-area man quashed a subpoena on First Amendment grounds; two DHS agents visited him two weeks later, shortly after DHS shut down.
- Negotiations to fund DHS continue as ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection operate under last year's One Big, Beautiful Bill, while lawmakers press oversight measures including visible ID and warrant rules.
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Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts Today
SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency. In recent months, Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, have received hundreds of adminis…
Report: DHS subpoenas info about anti-ICE social media accounts
A report by the New York Times says the Department of Homeland Security is seeking names and contact information behind accounts on social media that criticize Immigration & Customs Enforcement. Cooley Law School Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Swartz discusses this as it relates to First Amendment rights.
DHS wants to unmask online critics
This week, editors Peter Suderman and Katherine Mangu-Ward are joined by Senior Editor Robby Soave and reporter Reem Ibrahim to discuss the rapidly expanding global fight over free speech. The conversation begins with reporting that the Department of Homeland Security is seeking identifying information on Americans who criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement online. They also examine President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the…
DHS Requests Tech Companies Provide Personal Information Of Users That "Track" Or "Criticize" ICE, Report Says * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested tech companies provide personal information, including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and […]
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