Re: DHS Collecting Big Tech Users' Personal Data, Issuing Subpoenas For ICE-Related Criticism

On 19 Feb 2026, Creon <[email protected]> posted some
news:[email protected]: 

> "DHS Collecting Big Tech Users' Personal Data, Issuing Subpoenas For
> ICE-Related Criticism"
> 
> https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/02/17/dhs-collecting-big-tech-
> users-personal-data-issuing-subpoenas-ice-related-criticism.html 
> 
> Obquote:
> 
> Military.com | By Nick Mordowanec Updated February 18, 2026 at 8:43am
> ET | Published February 17, 2026 at 9:48am ET
> 
> The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested personal
> information of online users who have been critical of U.S. Immigration
> and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the New York Times.
> 
> The Times reported that names, email addresses, telephone numbers and
> other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or
> criticize ICE have been requested as part of “hundreds of
> administrative subpoenas” issued by the federal agency in recent
> months, based on information provided by four government officials and
> tech employees. Reports have been corroborated by said companies to
> Military.com.

Know your enemy and those supporting or aiding them.  Anyone objecting 
to the removal of illegal invaders is the enemy themselves. 

Paid activists should be summarily executed in public streets and 
left to rot.

> [...]
> Civil Rights and the First Amendment
> A spokesperson for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) referred
> Military.com to press releases about related incidents. 
> 
> One is a case from this month involving a Philadelphia-area man who
> challenged a Trump administration subpoena issued to Google seeking
> information about his identity and home address after he sent an email
> to DHS criticizing their treatment of a man seeking asylum from
> Afghanistan. 

Just a formality, they already knew who he was.
 
> The individual, according to the ACLU, had read the story in the
> Washington Post and wrote his email to DHS urging the agency to
> “apply principles of common sense and decency” in its treatment of
> the asylum seeker. About two weeks after the man was notified about
> the subpoena, two DHS agents and a local police officer showed up and
> interrogated him at his residence. 

ACLU = Anarchist Commie Litigation Unit.

> "In a democracy, contacting your government about things you feel
> strongly about is a fundamental right," the man, identified only as
> Jon Doe, said on Feb. 3. 
> 
> Between Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, the man was able to quash the subpoena
> after challenging it in court on the basis of First Amendment
> violations. The DHS was forced to withdraw. 

He's now on the list though, and regardless of the administration in 
power, he has a target on his forehead.   
 
> “This is a resounding win for our First Amendment rights," Stephen
> A. Loney, ACLU-PA senior supervising attorney, said after the subpoena
> was quashed. "Administrative subpoenas like this one are abusive
> tactics intended to chill speech and punish us for disagreeing with
> the government. 

The ACLU ignores the fact that the individual will probably be fired
by his employer, assuming he hasn't been already.  They also ignore
the fact that a business has to make choices to ensure survival, and the
actions of a stupid employee negatively impact business public image and 
revenue.

> "By standing up to their bullying tactics, we’re sending a message
> too: you can stand up for your rights, and you can win.” 

Let's see them stand up for Americans who are being killed by transgender
psychos then.

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> 
> The EFF used to publish "Who has your back?" -- maybe they
> should begin that again.  Having the users fight back against
> the subpoenas seems like Big Tech is abdicating their role to
> do the push-backs.

Big Tech is not the problem here.

Anyone who has a problem with the government of their country enforcing 
existing laws passed by the people and their elected representatives is 
the problem.