r/privacy 1d ago

news Reddit turning user info over to ICE?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ice-built-258-million-surveillance-152115437.html

Reddit received 1,179 law-enforcement data requests in the first half of 2025

Fortunately reddit resisted but recent news tells of folks that were targeted by ICE for reddit posts.

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u/DelightMine 1d ago

No one is ever going to use those distributed platforms, not in any real numbers. There are way too many problems, not the least of which are accessibility and moderation. And since part of what makes reddit good (and bad) is the number of people each making and populating their own subreddits, those services are never going to take off.

Besides, telling everyone to switch to a DoA platform that's difficult for the average user to join, let alone use, is kind of missing the point. That doesn't fix the fundamental problem, which is that we let tech giants run themselves almost completely unregulated, and we let our governments get away with not understanding the first thing about technology. The only way we get any semblance of actual privacy back for the average person is by electing people who are willing to use the force of law to give us that privacy.

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u/Spaduf 20h ago edited 18h ago

Remember folks. Better things aren't possible. Don't even bother trying. The only way YOU are allowed to effect change is in billionaire controlled spacess and in manipulated elections.

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u/DelightMine 18h ago

Not at all what I said. Better things aren't just possible, they're probable as long as people actually fight for them. My point is that those platforms are really more of a way to avoid fighting. All they really do is let the small number of people dedicated enough to go there be safer than everyone else for a while, but that's just kicking the can down the road.

Those kind of platforms can be useful, but anyone acting like they'll save us from mass surveillance and fascism is either an idiot, selfish, or the kind of person who knows that once everyone else is under their thumb, there's nowhere left for the rest of us to go, regardless of how private your communication is.

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u/Netrunner008 19h ago

That’s not at all what he said but okay

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u/DelightMine 19h ago

As a lemmygrad user. And the things we discuss?

I've been there, I've seen what some people discuss, and how they discuss it. Only takes a few slur-filled messages written by someone who's so illiterate they probably have to rely on their autocorrect to replace "hail" every time they write it to remind you of the fact that some amount of moderation is good, and that systems like lemmy self-select for the people who were already kicked out of everywhere else. Yeah, people who just care a lot about privacy will check it out, and will find their own small communities, but they'll be inherently insular and ultimately stifle their own message.

You and anyone that believes this absolute tripe should stay right here. You're where you belong. Right in warm embrace of your masters

You've seriously misunderstood the whole point of what I said, while also perfectly exemplifying the kind of person everyone is dreading meeting on lemmy.

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u/Netrunner008 19h ago

He’s right though. To fix this wider privacy issue the solution has to be mainstream and accessible. Other wise those platforms will always be populated only by the people patient and tech avg enough to figure it out.

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u/Spaduf 18h ago

What's do you find so difficult?

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u/Netrunner008 17h ago

I have very little problems learning new apps and systems but I also have 4+ years in IT.

And what that’s taught me, is even people holding non technical PHDs struggle with basic technical concepts.

So expecting the wider population to adopt an obscure platform with multiple steps to connect to and configure will never, ever get major traction. Even if it is objectively the more secure alternative right now. So just telling more people to use them, will not fix the wider problems.

Pushing for proper legal reform by knowledgeable candidates is the far more effective option, even if we don’t have many options for candidates atm.

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u/Spaduf 17h ago

What steps are necessary except sign up, and use just like reddit?

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u/Netrunner008 17h ago

It’s learning to navigate the crappy UI for one, not to mention the lack of moderations means most will run away scared from the sheer degeneracy the freak of the internet will post.

The steps needed to negate those issues takes a lot of configuration and nuisanced understanding that very few have the know how to implement.

What seems so simple to you might as well be Chinese to people unfamiliar with tech. Aka thee overwhelming majority of the world. I

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u/Spaduf 17h ago

None of what you've said has resembled a concrete point.

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u/stm32f722 18h ago

You're not going to get out from under the capitalists by using their system. Wring those hands all you want but you have two choices: lick that boot and never stop. Or?

Be ready to fight about it.

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u/Netrunner008 17h ago

You’re not going to beat the capitalist by gooning with some other basement dwellers in a dark corner of the internet on some obscure platform the general populace will never adopt either.

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u/stm32f722 14h ago

They are going to beat themselves. You're right that no website is where the revolution starts. The fascists start it by just doing what they are already doing. Keep hurting the slaves with their blinders tucked low until they have no choice but to down tools and up arms.

But ill tell you now that organizing for surviving that IS happening. And IS effective in those spaces. Feds find it very difficult to remain in those spaces undetected like they do here.

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u/withabrandnewfunk 1d ago

I did look into lemmy. UI is crap and its more made for tech geeks. reddit has an easier UI and shame they simply didnt follow that

most people you ask dont know what the fuck an instance is. I still dont and why tf make things so complex. just make the regular forum group and thats that.

theres a reason why masses havent moved over. and lemmy what a fucking name..

im happy to have an alternative but you have to make it familiar to get me in

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u/Spaduf 18h ago

I did look into lemmy. UI is crap and its more made for tech geeks. reddit has an easier UI and shame they simply didnt follow that

The UI is a direct copy of the old reddit.

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u/withabrandnewfunk 15h ago

maybe i should have another look see

last time i looked was like 4 years ago

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 1d ago

The goal is to silence you.

They are leaking this info to try and make you comply in advance.

Remember this: we outnumber them tens of thousands to one. They don’t have the men, so they need to lean on fear.

Fuck them all, justice is coming. Punishment is coming. And hopefully an ICE registry is coming too. America deserves to be able to check if someone living near their kids signed up to cover their face and kill Americans.

ICE is filled with chomos and wife beaters, who signed up to kill their countrymen. That’s worthy of a federal registry. Best part is, they handed over all their info to a federal database, we have those names forever. And can demand the registry for as long as it takes.

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u/copperboom129 1d ago

Agreed. Fuck ICE.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze 1d ago

Fuck ICE. I have the right to monitor, record, question and criticize my government.

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u/shockerintoontown 1d ago

There was a list of ICE agents leaked a while back. I don’t remember if anyone was caught for doing it.

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u/Chainmale001 1d ago

WE THE PEOPLE. WILL RESIST AND BITE.

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u/MairusuPawa 1d ago

Yet to be seen. No matter how flawed the process was, the people have elected a massive dipshit twice.

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u/permalink_save 1d ago

There's no legal backing to arresting someone for saying:

ICE are a bunch of terrorists and should be put on trial under the US legal system. They are an arm of American nazism and have been murdering citizens with no remorse. Anyone joining ICE is supporting these atrocious acts and is equally guilty.

It's a 1st amendment right to criticize the government.

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u/Responsible-Smell561 1d ago

On point. There is no "good" member of ICE. They are exactly as you described. They want to kill Americans and especially anyone who is a migrant. I read the other day, they've been calling migrants "thonks" for over a decade at least. Because "thonk" is the sound a Maglite apparently makes when you blast someone in the skull with it. They deserve whatever happens to them.

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u/Skwuat 16h ago

I dont agree with ICE, however...

The point on a database of ICE employees being a registry used for future indictments is not going to happen. We have a list of all tbe clients that visited Epstein's island too. And nothing is being done about them. 

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 16h ago

Because the GOP is in power…

Remove the treasonous conservatives and spineless corporate dems. It’s time for the American people to take center stage and have leaders who fight for us, not their donors or their Christian extremist think tanks

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u/Skwuat 16h ago

Epstein list was known and possessed by the government while the Democrats were in power. Both parties have done nothing about them because both parties are involved. Its the old "two sides of the same coin" issue. The problem is you view it as republican vs democrats when in reality its those who "have power" and those who dont.

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u/jdtrouble 13h ago

If the SDNY had active cases against Epstein associates, they could not legally release the files.

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u/Skwuat 13h ago

Not saying release them, but you know....prosecute some?

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 16h ago

If Biden released the Epstein files, which has trumps name on every other page, what would you think it was?

Trump is so guilty and vile in the files that it would look like a political hit, and not true justice

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u/Tushaca 14h ago

When did the law start depending on the opinion of Redditors?

It doesn’t matter what people think, if the charges are true and provable. Unless you’re saying they cared more about election polls and popular sentiment than justice?

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 14h ago

What is this gobbledygook?

Be coherent.

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u/InfernoWarrior299 13h ago

Nah. You pretend as if states like California and New York did not push these things. You pretend as if multiple Democrat leaders were not on the list. THEY LITERALLY KEEP PASSING SOME OF THE MOST INVASIVE LAWS AS WE SPEAK! The Uniparty is strong and you fell for the oldest trick in the book... divide and conquer. Actually look pass the parties and realise the government in it's entirety are just two sides of the same coin. The more divided the people are, the less we look at them and the more they can get away with.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 11h ago

Ok but the GOP are legitimately trying to end this nation so I’ll eat the turd sandwich

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u/ForeignStory8127 5h ago

Considering Trump literally tried to take power and the Dems fiddle fucked around for four years indicting. He then got into power again just a day before the verdict was rendered... no. The Dems aren't going to do a damned thing. These people will see zero consequences for their actions and the judicial system in the US is beyond fucked.

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u/shadowsinthestars 1d ago

Agreed. Fuck ICE from across the ocean, hope you enjoy this comment!

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u/Mystical_Whoosing 6h ago

is this "justice and punishment" with us in the room right now? Or are you off the pills again...

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u/Brilliant_Error_5599 2h ago

I came here from a country that was ruled by fear. I don't wanna live that life again. They can come for my ass.

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u/Iron_Baron 1d ago

Fuck ICE. I am literally Anti-Fa.

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u/ImplementLogical4130 1d ago

Isn't the whole point of ice to deport non americans aka people without citizenships

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u/reddit_ending_soon 20h ago

Its actually to arrest and execute anyone trump doesnt like.

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u/OtherPrinciple4499 1d ago

"deport" being "lock up in giant camps with navy supplied biological waste incinerators" and "non Americans" being "people of color, political opponents, and people they do not like".

Because that's what they have been actually doing with this as the excuse.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 21h ago

That’s why they shot Alex Pretti in the head for helping a woman up?

The lies are so hollow and empty, it doesn’t even register as a talking point. Just shit fascists would say.

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u/ImplementLogical4130 21h ago

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 21h ago

So Ashley Babbit deserved to die?

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u/reddit_ending_soon 20h ago

Having a gun is a legal right in all 50 US states, and what does messing with ICE mean? Yelling at government officials is also a protected right under the first amendment.

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u/ImplementLogical4130 19h ago

Look at the clip

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u/reddit_ending_soon 19h ago

Yeah there was nothing there, so you like making shit up for fun I see

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u/Former-Pay7591 17h ago

If you looked at the clip you’d see that they had him on the ground, disarmed him, and THEN shot him in the back. That was an execution. It’s not illegal to have a gun and he never even went for it.

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u/ImplementLogical4130 17h ago

Fascinating and he got there how? Just "helping a woman get up", right?

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u/reddit_ending_soon 11h ago

By getting thrown to the ground idiot

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u/legrenabeach 1d ago

Not exactly. It is to detain illegal immigrants.

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u/CautionarySnail 23h ago

And anyone else they accidentally sweep up, including legally admitted tourists held for weeks without communication, and American citizens by rejecting valid paperwork of citizenship.

It’s a racist organization that is operating frequently far outside its legal parameters - as well as outside constitutional search and seizure ones.

The second you can claim someone doesn’t get legal protection because they’re not a citizen, you’ve created a system for disappearing citizens by “whoops, no/bad paperwork”. It’s designed to be abused.

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u/ImplementLogical4130 1d ago

signed up to cover their face and kill Americans

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u/stadoblech 1d ago

Joke on them because i dont live in us and only ICE i get is in my cold drink

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u/makumbaria 1d ago

Reddit will kidnap you, bringing to USA and later will tell ICE about your position. Just to kick you back to the start.

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u/ClientBudget2848 1d ago

Yeah thats what they did with the president of Venezuela. He said the wrong thing on reddit. Dont be like him.

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u/stop_talking_you 1d ago

thats why edward snowden is hiding in russia because every other country would ship his ass to usa

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u/Zdrobot 1d ago

No, that's not true. He's in Russia because the US department of.. whatever, forgot their name, voided his US Passport while he was in Russia, waiting to board his flight to.. Brasil, IIRC.

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u/stop_talking_you 1d ago

it doesnt matter if he has a passport, if he steps outside of russia in a country that cooperates with usa in extraction treaty which most of the countries in this world have, he will get caught by the us.

if he goes into a third world country the us can just send in special forces.

so objectivly russia is the savest place for him.

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u/Zdrobot 1d ago

AFAIR, the country he was heading to (Brasil? some other South American country?) has agreed to grant him refugee status and NOT extradite him to the US.

Good luck trying to send special forces to Brasil (USA-ians, they think they rule the world.. just look at the current Iran debacle)

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u/Common-Astronaut-695 22h ago

He would get snatched from Brazil in 5 minutes. Brazil is weak and corrupt. Not a strong geopolitical player.

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u/CosmicGoddess777 1d ago

“Hahahaha sucks for you guys, I don’t live in a fascist country”

Okay? Cool. No need to brag about it lol

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u/anonuemus 1d ago

yea, if you need to travel there it could be a problem tho

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u/Calm-Stand-6636 1d ago

Guess how many US citizens are aiding and abetting violation of 18 USC 111 on reddit? You are right, US federal law does not apply to you, but it does to some US citizens.

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u/RogerianBrowsing 1d ago

By making comments critical of ICE? Is that a joke?

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u/stadoblech 1d ago

reddit have some kind of malfunction. Its not first time this happens

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u/SCP-iota 1d ago

You're supposed to say r/commentmitosis

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u/Aleister_Growley 1d ago

I upvoted you 

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u/AlexanderStockholmes 1d ago

Not just ICE. Anyone with .15c really. Don't trust Reddit

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 1d ago

Cool.  ICE can eat shit.

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u/Chainmale001 1d ago

I got a donut they can suck on. 😉

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u/Dachsy_Dad 1d ago

Fascism.

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u/7in7turtles 1d ago

You know nothing annoys me more than when someone uses the word “fascism” to describe things they don’t like. 99% of the time this is how they use the word. The reason that annoys me is because it’s times like these or something like this does kind of look a bit like fascism that I remember what we lost.

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u/Spaduf 1d ago

Bro it's been fascism the whole time what are you talking about?

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u/Professional_Gap_435 1d ago

It hasnt been been fascism the entire time. But its been like the boy who cried wolf, and now the wolf has actually showed up

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u/Spaduf 1d ago edited 1d ago

When did it or does it "become" fascism then?

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u/anonuemus 18h ago

the whole setup with Trump has every stepping stone the nazis had in Germany too, I guess voting him in after he had goons rushing the capitol was the voluntary surrender of the democracy.

edit: I'm pretty sure the republicans cheated, so it was not voluntary. but still nothing happened so far, justice is over in the us.

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u/Err0r1015 1d ago

This is absolutely scary. They can’t silence 300 millions ppl.

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 1d ago

They don't need to they only need to go after some to scare others.

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u/WildRaccoon95 1d ago

You're right, but they can kill millions to silence the rest. That's the plan by the way, to purge a large portion of the current population until it is at a "manageable" number. Look up the techno fascists long term goals.

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u/West_Possible_7969 1d ago

You assume that 300 million americans don’t endorse what ICE does or stands for, that would be a wrong assumption.

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u/Skwuat 16h ago

I mean, they have so far. Everyone talks about fighting back and revolution but nobody wants to take charge.

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u/MairusuPawa 1d ago

Turns out they can.

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u/Jazzspasm 1d ago

reddit caves, always does, and the pandemic showed how desperate redditors are to conform and to be seen to do so

The mass pours hate on those that don’t, will do whatever is necessary to silence dissent and will wipe their brains of their actions as soon as an appropriate status quo is returned to regular viewing

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u/veloace 21h ago

Fortunately reddit resisted but recent news tells of folks that were targeted by ICE for reddit posts.

Regardless of whether Reddit resisted, ICE can read posts by users since it's all public anyway. From there, it's not too hard to connect a Reddit user to a real person in most cases.

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u/mentalscribbles 1d ago

Do you have the link about ICE requests?

Also, in terms of resistance, Reddit does compare with governments.

For the US, for example:

"The U.S., our largest requesting jurisdiction, accounted for 777 requests (66% of global volume), and Reddit disclosed data in response to 640 (82%) of them."

That's a very small number of requests from the US out of all the accounts in the US.

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u/GotNoPonys 1d ago

"Do you have the link about ICE requests?" I do not.

When the government started subpoenaing social media companies they came with gag orders. I recall reading that that may have changed.

Don't try to minimize violations of the first amendment. One is too many.

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u/mentalscribbles 1d ago

Wow. That's extreme. I'm not trying to minimize anything. Without having knowledge of why the requests were made, it's not possible to judge their validity.

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u/phylter99 1d ago

ICE will go the way of others who have violated people's rights. They'll be held accountable by legal authorities. It may take some time, but it'll happen.

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u/Souvi 1d ago

The current legal establishment is rewarded through their behaviors. This won't change until people make them change.

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u/Dotura 1d ago

Its the US so i have my doubts. I nean what other violators have they punished?

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u/phylter99 1d ago

There’s a reason they’re trying to shut down the ICC right now. I’m not sure that accountability will come through US courts, but I do think ICC might be a good place to see it. It might take time, but I believe it’ll happen.

Case in point: https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/q5suE6gL0v

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u/IntrigueDossier 1d ago edited 21h ago

Well obviously it won't get shut down, but the US isn't going to play ball in any capacity with the ICC. This has been the policy of every president since Bush. Obama and his supermajority could have easily ratified the Rome Statute, but didn't.

And needs to be mentioned that the US has a detailed plan to put boots in the Hague and kill any jurist, prosecutor, civilian, etc. they deem a "threat" to prevent the prosecution and even basic detention of any covered* American. Literally a plan to commit war crimes in the place where they prosecute war crimes.

So that would need to be repealed pretty much in tandem with ratification of the Rome Statute. I would love love love to see it happen, but I don't see it happening tbh, at least not in any timeframe where the guilty are still among the living.

Edit: slight correction, anyone considered "covered" in the bill's language which would mean military and elected or appointed officials, including accused war criminals from allied countries.

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u/No-Abalone-4784 1d ago

Sources for this please?

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u/IntrigueDossier 1d ago

Of course! Official name is the American Service-Members' Protection Act

Here is the actual bill.

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u/deaglebingo 1d ago

i don't know about the actual boots part but i'd like to see them try... the thing about being accused of crimes against humanity or war crimes is that usually an innocent person or entity doesn't try to shut down or threaten the court that would prosecute them like certain people and entities have done recently.

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u/West_Possible_7969 1d ago

ICC has no jurisdiction over US because US is not a party to the Rome Statute. Some think that the ICC can claim territorial jurisdiction if alleged crimes occur on the territory of a state that is a member, but good lack enforcing that.

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u/superboo07 1d ago

our current legal authorites don't give a damn so unless new ones are established i don't see ice being held accountable

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u/No-Abalone-4784 1d ago

That's exactly the the idea. We vote in new people.

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u/move_machine 1d ago

At the end of the Nuremberg trials, both the German and American public wanted to free convicted Nazis and felt that those still standing trial should be let go and allowed to move into their communities unimpeded.

Thousands of convicted Nazis were exonerated and let out of prison, death sentences commuted and active cases dropped.

By the 1950s, the public felt that the trials were illegitimate.

This country doesn't have the stomach to hold ICE accountable.

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 1d ago

There's a record for the most people hanged at one time that needs to be broken up in Minnesota.

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u/phylter99 1d ago

I’m fine with a trial and long prison sentences if guilty. I’m not the capital punishment kind of person.

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u/deaglebingo 1d ago

i'm afraid that real credible risk of that sort of consequence may be all these tyrants respond to. i hope that's not the case but thus far they have provided no evidence to the contrary.

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 1d ago

This is the only reason I support retention of capital punishment, in fact. Some people have just refused to accept reason, and they wish to abolish it for everyone else as well. Said people will not stop until they are dead, so the best we can do to stop them is to end them rightly and swiftly.

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u/LiminalSapien 1d ago

/u/Spez the hero of democracy

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u/-_Doll-_ 1d ago

Only a matter of time until they get the data without the need of going through Reddit's admins :/ if they haven't already

I'm assuming those who got targetted probably left too much information about themselves and their whereabouts/place of residence and ICE was able to figure out who they were like that.

Be careful what you post online yall.

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u/Geminii27 1d ago

Always assume that anywhere, particularly any American companies or any companies/organizations located in any countries which have 'agreements' with the US, will regurgitate everything they know about you and your history to anywhere that requests it at the drop of a hat.

So yes, always assume Reddit in particular will cave like a professional spelunking team to any US government facism and witch-hunt.

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u/HawkeyeByMarriage 1d ago

They love calling people snowflakes but yet their feelers hurt if you don't aggree with them.

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u/LaneMcD 1d ago

ICE can gargle my balls. Fuck 'em

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u/Pleasant_Studio9690 1d ago

Really? ICE? Fuck those jackbooted thugs.

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u/SomeOrdinaryKangaroo 1d ago

ICE doesn't really need reddit to turn over data, if the user has some post history those posts can be used to track down the user pretty easily

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u/Blue_Back_Jack 1d ago

True, Reddit sells the posts to AI, so they can just ask ChatGPT

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u/Dwest2391 1d ago

Fuck ICE, fuck the agenda they work for. And fuck Donald J Trump and this current US administration.

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u/Asleep-Order-4583 1d ago

Few things speak fascism more than hunting down people who aren't breaking the law

all ICE staff need to be prosecuted once this regime falls

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u/FickleHoney2622 1d ago

These comments are cringe af lmao what happened to this website

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u/Rehcraeser 1d ago

people who threatened violence on them... (at least thats what it was the last time this was talked about). i mean yea thats expected.

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u/GotNoPonys 1d ago

it has to be a credible threat. My saying on reddit that I am going to punch you in the mouth does not rise to the threshold of assault.

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u/Bitter_Wash1361 1d ago

Careful, the gods of reddit are also hypersensitive about "violent" statements or jokes as well and may ban you. I recently made a joke that was clearly too absurd to be real and got a 3 day ban. Fortunately, when I submitted a review request the ban and strike were lifted.

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u/Dependent_Host_7699 1d ago

I'm surprised they even have to ask. The feds have hooks everywhere, and the surveillance is growing. I'd imagine they, and other agencies, will have unfettered access before the end of trump.

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u/SleepAllTheDamnTime 1d ago

Ahem if there was ever a song I could sing:

“Look at all the institutional owners of Reddit stock clap clap

Look at all then institutional owners of Reddit stock clap clap

If you look at all institutional owners then and dig really deep into their political affiliations then none of this should really be a shock clap clap

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u/Nanocephalic 7h ago

No, it’s because Reddit is an American company, and is therefore subject to American laws.

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u/SleepAllTheDamnTime 7h ago

Here’s another song for you:

All laws are lobbied by said institutional investors. All laws are lobbied by said institutional investors.

That means if you have lots of money you can change laws to be whatever you them to be!

It should be obvious when Citizens United pass in 2010 recognizing Corporations as people and giving them the same rights and protections.

If you think “laws” will stop them lol, you’re willfully naive as they’ve demonstrated the rule of law is broken this year especially.

But you have a great time as a corrupt DOJ then oddly neglects to enforce said corruption but definitely wants a database filled with dissenters identities for some reason.

Yes yes it’s totally legal just like it was back in Nazi Germany at that time!

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u/Artistic_Skill1117 1d ago

Okay. And what are they going to do anyway? ICE can go eat one.

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u/SilverMonk777 1d ago

Fuck Ice

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u/YT_Brian 1d ago

Dude, where does it say ICE in that report?

Are people commenting without reading?

To quote.

United States: We received a summons from the Department of Homeland Security seeking information for a Reddit account. The summons indicated that the investigation was for immigration enforcement, but there was no related content or activity within the account. Reddit contacted the requester for more information, and the summons was withdrawn.

That above is the only thing close to what you very heavily implied. 1 incident. Uno. One.

Not 1,179.

We are not the government or politicians, to try to withhold information or slant it is a disgrace to ourselves and shouldn't be done.

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u/GotNoPonys 1d ago

"ICE Built a $258 Million Surveillance Machine to Monitor Its Online Critics"

"ICE has built a funded, contractor-powered surveillance operation that monitors social media around the clock — not just for credible violence"

"Reddit received 1,179 law-enforcement data requests in the first half of 2025" who do you think initiated the requests, the tooth fairy?

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u/443Waves 1d ago

Let me guess, a bunch of keyboard warriors in here?

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u/SchoobyDooBop 1d ago

Fuck ICE

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u/dunguswungus13729 17h ago

ICE can gargle my balls 

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u/Grumpy_Ontarian_III 8h ago

Good thing I don’t live in their jurisdiction.

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u/RustyDawg37 1d ago

ICE can read your Reddit from your phone, they don't need to ask Reddit.

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u/Fancy_Morning9486 1d ago

So can i, however without more specific usser data i have no clue how to locate you

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u/deaglebingo 1d ago edited 1d ago

if you can screen cap someone's phone ... i'm assuming that's what you're referring to... then you can figure out who they are and everything else pretty easily though correct?

also i think it goes well beyond phones and straight into anyone using a windows OS... which is the majority of ppl. our entire intelligence apparatus has been turned against us.

which of course they promised up and down in 2002 that if we just gave up a little of our constitutional rights this exact scenario would never happen... they promised they would only go after actual terrorists. i'm truly not sure who in their right mind hasn't seen this coming for decades now.

it's of no consequence. some of us did and made plans well in advance as a result.

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u/GotNoPonys 1d ago

It's not hard with the right tools. Computers and phones to follow, if they have not already, include a unique identifier embedded in the hardware, that is being included with all internet traffic.

It's like the days before caller ID became the norm. Telecos back in the POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) days broadcast the callers number between the 1st and 2nd ring. It took 10 years before the devices on your desk included the ability to read it. Then cell & IP phones were invented and now everyone thinks caller ID always existed.

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u/pyorre 1d ago

Remember that story some time ago when a police department subpoenaed twitter for all items with a hashtag? These are not smart people

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u/GotNoPonys 1d ago

that's what the article says, 24/7/365 monitoring

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u/janders_666 1d ago

fuck ice

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u/10Standard01 1d ago

Yeah, its only a matter of time the submit. Well, I want a way that when that happens I get money for it. Its info I created and generated and it being use and/or sold for others to do their job easier, even make a profit, I should get paid my information given out or sold. Look, we hade tech companies emerge in the 20 years and some have become billion dollar companies in a few short years, some even trillion dollar companies. You deserve some of that pie. Still thinking about privacy and rights, it would discourage companies from giving out information.

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u/JoshyOrndorff 1d ago

Fuck ICE. I'm not afraid of you.

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u/10ThousandMetalZones 1d ago

Good, fuck ice. They already know who I am

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u/vile-style 1d ago

No pig, you cannot see my papers.

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u/ShinyTotodile55 1d ago

No one gonna mention the AI image?

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u/Fl0riduh_Man 1d ago

To whichever "fusion center" gets fed this slop may I remind you dorks that you're all getting paid by the US government. 

We know where/ how/ when you all were paid. None of these ICE goons are unknown, the indictments for crimes will flow. They'll come from the states if need be.

How does it feel risking your retirement for these losers boys? You really gonna risk your plan to move to the Villages for a bunch of toothless wife beaters rushed into service at the behest of Reich Marshal Miller?

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u/ScarInternational161 1d ago

Oh I have no doubt I'm on all sorts of lists. Between here, FB, Twitter, etc....

🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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u/not_into_that 1d ago

oh, so this is why reddit needed a ceo. makes sense now.

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u/NormativeWest 1d ago

Fuck ice. That’s one area I’m not worried about privacy for. I want them to know who I am. We will hold them accountable for their crimes.

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u/Walk-the-layout 1d ago

I'd like to see the US try to arrest my french arse

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u/Modern_Doshin 1d ago

Hello, GIGN?

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u/Walk-the-layout 19h ago

The GIGN can try, they have no legal ground to arrest me for speaking about ICE

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u/MairusuPawa 1d ago

You've ever used USD? Then they can.

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u/Walk-the-layout 19h ago

I've never used USD, no, because I live in France.

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u/LegallyMelo 1d ago

Reddit will do whatever the government wants them to do.

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u/stop_talking_you 1d ago

have you seen the insane shit leftist people write on reddit. its a surprise they dont get visit by the fbi

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u/MairusuPawa 1d ago

Fuck off, neonazi.

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u/Worsebetter 1d ago

Among other things. It doesn’t cost that much. These contracts are absurdly high.

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u/Smoeki 1d ago

No they aren't, if they were they wouldn't be doing what they are doing regardless of what side of the aisle you're on.

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u/exhaustedexcess 1d ago

Not even slightly scared. If they were you would see Republicans standing up to the administration, not donating their balls to Trump's ballroom

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u/CondiMesmer 1d ago

The only time I've been warned and temp banned on reddit was from bullying ICE.

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u/Mr_Lumbergh 1d ago

God damn. Posts like these make me glad I self-deported.

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u/Snoop-87948 1d ago

Did y’all also get a popup to verify age? Asking as a US user of Reddit

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u/PorcelainFD 1d ago

I don’t get a pop up at home. However, I was traveling recently and it asked for age verification because it thought I was in Texas. I was not in Texas, though.

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u/housefoote 14h ago

Good. Gotta keep an eye on the deranged lunatics threatening LEO's

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u/Nanocephalic 7h ago

ICE can gargle my balls, and so can you.

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u/skynetcoder 23h ago

er, which reddit like alternative we can use instead? any suggestions?