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.
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JoMiran@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
Remember 9/11. Never forget, right?
This is where the creation of a department to “secure” our “homeland”, and laws like the “patriot” act where always going to lead. This is where selling off your rights and freedoms for a false sense of security was always going to lead.
Don’t worry, it’ll get much worse.
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 8 hours ago
But they’re making us safer Jo! Don’t you know that when the TSA scans your genitalia when you fly to grandmas is making us all safer. What do you want? You want the terrorists to win?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-breaches-us-airports-allowed-weapons-through-n367851
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-look-at-shootings-by-federal-immigration-officers
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/proposed-cuts-federal-disaster-assistance-will-hit-states-just-hurricane-season-ramps
https://www.sahmcapital.com/news/content/palantir-receives-disa-authorization-for-pfcs-forward-deployments-2026-02-12
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/cisa-congress-budget-workforce-cuts
https://www.wired.com/story/a-dhs-data-hub-exposed-sensitive-intel-to-thousands-of-unauthorized-users/
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
My firm helps keep a good percentage of this country’s shitty infrastructure from collapsing and the budgets these projects are working under are laughable. But that’s ok. I sleep better at night knowing we’re spending all our money on Palantir instead.