From yesterday's decision by Judge Jorge Alonso (N.D. Ill.) in Rosado v. Bondi:
Plaintiff Kassandra Rosado runs a Facebook group called "ICE Sightings – Chicagoland" and Plaintiff Kreisau Group runs a phone application called "Eyes Up." Both allow users to post videos and information regarding ICE activity. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants coerced Facebook into disabling the Chicagoland Facebook group and coerced Apple into removing Eyes Up. Plaintiffs contend that this violated their First Amendment rights ….
Plaintiff Kassandra Rosado created "ICE Sightings – Chicagoland" in January 2025 as a Facebook group for people to post videos and information regarding ICE activity. On October 12, 2025, social media influencer Laura Loomer posted a link to the Facebook group and tagged Pamela Bondi and Kristi Noem. On October 14, Bondi posted: "Today following outreach from [the DOJ], Facebook removed a large group that was being used to dox and target [ICE] agents in Chicago." Also on October 14, Defendant Noem posted: "Today, thanks to [the DOJ], Facebook removed a large page being used to dox and threaten our ICE agents in Chicago."
Around October 14, Facebook disabled the group and notified Rosado that the group "went against the Community Standards multiple times." …
Plaintiff Kreisau Group created "Eyes Up" in August 2025 as a phone application for people to post videos and information regarding ICE activity. Around October 2, 2025, Apple removed several apps that shared information regarding ICE activity, including ICEBlock, Red Dot, and Eyes Up. Speaking to Fox News on October 2, Defendant Bondi stated: "We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store – and Apple did so." And on October 8 Bondi made a public statement that "we had Apple and Google take down the ICEBlock apps."
Apple informed Kreisau Group that Apple had removed Eyes Up from the App Store after receiving "information" from "law enforcement" that the app violated Apple's guidelines. Apple stated that the app violated guideline 1.1.1, which prohibits "defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content."
The court concluded that plaintiffs had standing to challenge the government action:
