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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 administrative subpoenas from the Department of Homeland Security, according to four government officials and tech employees privy to the requests. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests, the government officials said. In the subpoenas, the department asked the companies for identifying details of accounts that do not have a real person’s name attached and that have criticized ICE or pointed to the locations of ICE agents. The New York Times saw two subpoenas that were sent to Meta over the last six months.
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If you are on social media and have criticized ICE, the federal government wants to know who you are. Your user name will not protect you.
It is starting with ICE but we all know it will expand to all critics of the Trump regime.
Inquiring minds want to know if USMB has been subpoenaed or will comply with a federal government subpoena?
Welcome to the beginning of the end of free speech.
In recent months, Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from the Department of Homeland Security, according to four government officials and tech employees privy to the requests. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Google, Meta and Reddit complied with some of the requests, the government officials said. In the subpoenas, the department asked the companies for identifying details of accounts that do not have a real person’s name attached and that have criticized ICE or pointed to the locations of ICE agents. The New York Times saw two subpoenas that were sent to Meta over the last six months.
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If you are on social media and have criticized ICE, the federal government wants to know who you are. Your user name will not protect you.
It is starting with ICE but we all know it will expand to all critics of the Trump regime.
Inquiring minds want to know if USMB has been subpoenaed or will comply with a federal government subpoena?
Welcome to the beginning of the end of free speech.
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