The U.S. Justice Department reported on Tuesday that Meta fulfilled his request to remove the site on its Facebook platform, which according to the agency was utilized to harass ICE agents in Chicago. In a post on X, lawyer General Pam Bondi stated that the site is part of activities aimed at "disclosure and tracing" around 200 immigration and customs officers who arrived in the city as part of president Donald Trump's efforts to enforce immigration laws. Doxxing is sharing individual data with people online.
Meta's press secretary confirmed that the company had removed the Facebook page for "infringing our policies on coordinated damage". Neither Meta nor the Department of Justice provided any more information on the site, and Reuters had no way of checking them.
At the beginning of this month, Apple removed applications allowing users to track movements of ICE agents under Trump's administration. Google besides blocked akin applications. The administration threatened to press charges against the creators of tracking applications.
ICE played a key function in Trump's extremist immigration program. Her agents regularly raid and arrest migrants, and human rights defenders claim that freedom of speech and due process are frequently violated.
The administration claims that left-wing protesters regularly harass and impede ICE agents. Bondi did not supply evidence in her X entry on circumstantial incidents related to the Facebook page.
Meta and another technology companies have been trying to repair their relation with Trump since his re-election in November. The company donated $1 million to the President's inaugural fund and resigned from the programs of diversity and verification of facts. Meta besides agreed to pay Trump $25 million as part of a settlement to suspend his accounts after the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.
ICE's presence in Chicago met with opposition from the Democratic Mayor of the City, Brandon Johnson, and the Democratic politician of Illinois, JB Pritzker. At the beginning of this month, Johnson signed a regulation prohibiting ICE agents from utilizing property belonging to the city as parking spaces for operations, and local companies put up plaques informing about the ban on entry into their premises for the ICE.
