Federal prosecutors in Washington, DC have subpoenaed Reddit to unmask a user who posted criticisms of an ICE officer and shared his publicly available biographical details following a fatal shooting in Minneapolis. This is the second attempt to identify the user — the first used an obscure 1930s customs statute, which a federal court rejected. The new grand jury subpoena expands the data requested, moves to a different jurisdiction, and includes a non-disclosure instruction. Civil liberties attorneys argue the posts are protected First Amendment speech and that no crime has been identified. The case is part of a broader DHS campaign sending hundreds of administrative subpoenas to Google, Meta, Reddit, and Discord targeting users who documented ICE activity or criticized immigration policy.
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