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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

ICE is crawling social media to find its critics, investigation reveals

The Department of Homeland Security is allegedly conducting a mass surveillance operation on social media bent on identifying posters who are criticizing and making threats against immigration agents.

As part of the effort, DHS has sent hundreds of subpoenas to social media companies while asking commenters to sign letters stating that their online speech “may” be considered a crime, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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