Meta removes Facebook page allegedly used to target ICE agents
U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi speaks at a roundtable at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025, regarding the anti-fascist movement “Antifa,” which she designated as a domestic “terrorist organization” by executive order on September 22.
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Meta A Facebook group page allegedly used for “doxing and targeting” was removed on Tuesday US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Chicago after contacting the Department of Justice.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces Facebook shutdown x postand said the DOJ “will continue to work with technology companies to dismantle platforms where extremists can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.”
A Meta spokesperson confirmed that the tech giant had removed the Facebook group page, but declined to comment on its size and specific details that warranted its removal.
“This Group was removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement, which also referenced the company’s policy. he said. policies It’s about “Coordinating Harm and Promoting Crime.”
Meta’s removal of its Facebook group page follows similar moves by rivals Apple And GoogleIt recently removed apps that could be used to anonymously report sightings to ICE agents and other law enforcement.
Apple removed the ICEBlock application about two weeks ago under pressure from Bondi; he said at the time that the app was “designed to put ICE agents at risk simply while doing their jobs.”
Apple said in a statement at the time that it removed the ICEBlock app based on information provided by law enforcement authorities claiming “security risks”.
Google, which does not have the ICEBlock app in its app store, said in October that the Justice Department never contacted the search giant but that the company removed “similar apps for violations of our policies.”
ICEBlock creator Joshua Aaron criticized both Apple and the White House in an interview with CNBC and compared his app to other apps like Waze.
“This is about our basic constitutional rights being taken away from us in this country by this administration and the forces that have bowed to their wishes,” Aaron said.
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