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DHS Orders Tech Giants to Unmask Anti-ICE Accounts (www.thedailybeast.com)
submitted 22 hours ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The Department of Homeland Security is pushing Silicon Valley to strip anonymity from Americans who track or criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency has fired off hundreds of subpoenas demanding names, email addresses, and phone numbers tied to anti-ICE social media accounts, the New York Times reported Friday.

Unlike traditional warrants, administrative subpoenas do not require approval from a judge before they are issued. Instead of seeking court authorization first, DHS can sign and send the demands directly to tech companies—a power civil liberties advocates say is now being deployed far more aggressively.

Google, Meta, Reddit, and Discord received subpoenas targeting anonymous accounts that posted about ICE activity, the Times reported.

Archive report: https://archive.is/QW78b#selection-723.0-731.17

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[–] Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So many lawsuits against the government incoming

[–] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 5 points 18 hours ago

Those lawsuits work only short term

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 29 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

administrative subpoenas do not require approval from a judge before they are issued

WTF is the point of warrants if we just don't need them?

[–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

You've got to love the patriot act

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