politics
DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.
TL;DR
- DHS withdrew summonses seeking identifying information for anonymous social media accounts monitoring ICE.
- John Doe sued to block the summonses, claiming they violated First Amendment rights to anonymous speech.
- DHS had argued the accounts endangered ICE agents by posting sensitive information.
- The withdrawal follows similar withdrawn requests made by DHS for other ICE monitoring groups.
- The ACLU stated Doe's group posted "innocuous" content about immigrant rights and due process.
- DHS's attempt to unmask critics comes amid rising nationwide criticism of ICE.
- House Democrats recently voted to defund ICE, a shift from previous stances.
- ICE faces public backlash over incidents involving warrantless searches and alleged use of a child as bait.