DOJ reportedly subpoenas X, Reddit for data on users critical of immigration efforts
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas to Reddit and X for user data related to criticism of immigration enforcement. This includes personal information of users who have posted against deportation efforts. Legal representatives for the users are contesting the subpoenas, arguing they are an attempt to unmask anonymous critics.
- ▪The subpoenas seek names, addresses, and banking details of users critical of government deportation efforts.
- ▪Users have not been informed of the specific offenses being investigated, but their lawyers suspect it relates to revealing a federal officer's location.
- ▪The Justice Department has shifted from using administrative summonses to grand jury subpoenas in these cases.
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The Justice Department has reportedly issued subpoenas to compel Reddit and X to give federal prosecutors the names, addresses and banking details of users who have criticized the government’s deportation efforts.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington has subpoenaed social media companies as part of criminal probes, seeking personal information about at least two accounts that have rebuked immigration enforcement efforts, according to records that the users’ attorneys shared with Bloomberg.The users have not been told what possible offenses are being investigated, but their lawyers believe it could relate to allegations of revealing a federal officer’s location.While the Justice Department previously used administrative summonses, a tactic to compel the recipient to provide documents…
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