00:00Meta removes ICE tracking Facebook page after DOJ steps in.
00:05In yet another episode of tech giants and the feds, who's actually in charge?
00:10Meta has taken down a Facebook group allegedly used to track immigration and customs enforcement agents in Chicago,
00:16but not before the Justice Department got involved.
00:19The U.S. Attorney General proudly announced on X that Facebook had axed a large group page used to dox and target ICE agents after the DOJ reached out.
00:28Meta's Andy Stone confirmed the removal, saying the group violated the company's policies against coordinated harm.
00:35He didn't name names, but right-wing influencer Laura Loomer was quick to connect the dots, claiming it was a group called ICE Siding, Chicagoland.
00:44Loomer said a DOJ source told her the agency took action after her post drew attention to it.
00:49Neither the DOJ nor ICE offered details about actual threats, but the takedown follows a familiar pattern.
00:55Apple and Google recently pulled ICE tracking apps from their stores after similar government nudges.
01:02Its developer called accusations that it endangered officers patently false.
01:07On paper, Meta and Apple can remove whatever content they like.
01:11But Pam Bondi's bragging has reignited a contentious debate about jawboning,
01:16where government officials quietly pressure tech platforms to take down speech they cannot legally censor themselves.
01:22Critics say that it blurs the line between content moderation and state coercion.
01:28The irony?
01:29The Trump administration's DOJ now finds itself in a role Republicans spent years blasting Biden officials for,
01:36leaning on big tech to scrub controversial posts.
01:39The Supreme Court even weighed in this summer,
01:41finding no concrete link between White House requests and platform removals.
01:46Meanwhile, evidence that ICE tracking tools cause violence is flimsy at best.
01:51Still, the government insists they're dangerous,
01:53and big tech, ever wary of Washington's wrath,
01:56seems happy to hit delete first and ask questions later.
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