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@autonomysolidarity@todon.eu · last week

Platforms bend over backward to help #DHS censor ICE critics

"Pressure is mounting on #tech companies to shield users from unlawful #government requests that advocates say are making it harder to reliably share information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) online.

Alleging that #ICE officers are being doxed or otherwise endangered, Trump officials have spent the last year targeting an unknown number of users and platforms with demands to censor content. Early lawsuits show that platforms have caved, even though experts say they could refuse these demands without a court order.

In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) accused Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem of coercing tech companies into removing a wide range of content “to control what the public can see, hear, or say about ICE operations.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/platforms-bend-over-backward-to-help-dhs-censor-ice-critics-advocates-say/

And here it is: The ICE List
https://wiki.icelist.is/index.php?title=Main_Page

Ars Technica

Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say

Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts.

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Autonomie und Solidarität

@autonomysolidarity@todon.eu replied · 14 hours ago

Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says

#DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges…..

https://gizmodo.com/reddit-meta-and-google-voluntarily-gave-dhs-info-of-anti-ice-users-report-says-2000722279

#Meta #Reddit #SocialMedia #Repression #ICE #USA

Gizmodo

Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says

DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.

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Autonomie und Solidarität

@autonomysolidarity@todon.eu · 5 days ago

ROBLOX, REDDIT AND DISCORD USERS COMPELLED TO USE BIOMETRIC ID SYSTEM BACKED BYPALANTIR CO-FOUNDER PETER THIEL

‚Peter Thiel, co-founder of surveillance and data analytics company #Palantir, is a major investor in Persona – the age verification provider used by major platforms including #Reddit and #Discord.‘

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/

#BigTech #Technology #Surveillance #SocialMedia #PeterThiel

Autonomie und Solidarität

@autonomysolidarity@todon.eu · last week

Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whosez major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.

‚Last week, #Discord invited the contempt of its users by announcing it will be rolling out global #ageverification restrictions in March, which will restrict viewable content and communities for users who don't scan either their faces or government IDs and haven't already been determined to be an adult by unspecified prediction algorithms. Approximately nobody thought this was cool.…‘

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

PC Gamer

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.

Autonomie und Solidarität

@autonomysolidarity@todon.eu replied · 5 days ago

ROBLOX, REDDIT AND DISCORD USERS COMPELLED TO USE BIOMETRIC ID SYSTEM BACKED BYPALANTIR CO-FOUNDER PETER THIEL

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/

#BigTech #Technology #Surveillance #SocialMedia #PeterThiel

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 7 days ago

#Roblox, #Reddit and #Discord users must use biometric #ageverification tool backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

@JamesBaker says:

“People are worried, and angry, about having to hand over biometric scans of their face to overseas companies just to access online platforms. This includes children.

“Users deserve to know who is behind these systems, how their data is being used, and to have a real choice about who verifies their identity online.”

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/

Open Rights Group

Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.

Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 7 days ago

#Roblox, #Reddit and #Discord users must use biometric #ageverification tool backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

@JamesBaker says:

“People are worried, and angry, about having to hand over biometric scans of their face to overseas companies just to access online platforms. This includes children.

“Users deserve to know who is behind these systems, how their data is being used, and to have a real choice about who verifies their identity online.”

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/

Open Rights Group

Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.