Homeland Security to Facebook, Instagram, Google, Reddit, Discord: On ‘behalf of’ ICE and ICE Agents, give us …
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly launched a campaign to identify the people behind social media accounts that track or criticise Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The New York Times resorts that tech giants including Google, Meta – which owns Facebook and Instagram, Reddit, and Discord have received hundreds of legal requests or administrative subpoenas, demanding the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data of account holders who post about the agency’s movements.
As per government lawyers, these requests are an important factor in officer safety. They claim that when such social media accounts post the exact locations of ICE agents, it creates a threat to the officers and interferes with their ability to do their jobs.
