The company deleted the page following a request from the Department of Justice for attacks and disclosure of data from agents in Chicago.
Meta eliminated a group of Facebook used to share information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Chicago, after the Department of Justice request its closure. The decision seeks to stop the disclosure of locations and coordinated attacks against officialsaccording to the authorities and the company.
The group, called “ICE Sighting-Chicagoland”had more than 80,000 members before being eliminated. Attorney General Pam Bondi explained on social media that the page was used to “doxing” (publishing personal and private information about a person such as name, address, telephone number) and attacking immigration agents in Chicago. A Meta spokesperson, Francis Brennan, confirmed that the group was removed for “violating our policies against coordinated harm,” without providing further details.
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Meta, also owner of Instagram and WhatsApp, joins others technology companies that have acted under government pressure. Last week, Apple and Google removed applications used to track ICE agents, such as ICEBlock, which allowed anonymous sharing of the location of officials within a five-mile radius and had hundreds of thousands of users.
Hundreds of soldiers arrive in Chicago following Donald Trump’s order to reinforce immigration operations
Hundreds of soldiers arrived in Chicago, after President Donald Trump asked imprison the mayor and governor of Illinois for alleged lack of cooperation in the face of protests against immigration raids. Local authorities had rejected their deployment.
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Nearly 200 national guards coming from Texas and 300 of Illinois They began operations in the city under the control of the United States Northern Command. According to the agency, “these soldiers are employed to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement Services (ICE) and other government personnel who perform federal functions,” while supervising the metropolitan area and coordinating the protection of federal personnel.
As President Trump sent ICE agents on raids in cities including Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, residents took to Facebook groups to report their movements. These communities typically have thousands of members and post dozens of updates daily, many with real-time photos and agent locations.
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