Pam Bondi claims Facebook group was used to “dox and target” ICE agents.

Bondi alleged that a “wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs.” She added that the DOJ “will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.”

When contacted by Ars, Facebook owner Meta said the group “was removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm.” Meta didn’t describe any specific violation but directed us to a policy against “coordinating harm and promoting crime,” which includes a prohibition against “outing the undercover status of law enforcement, military, or security personnel.”

The statement was sent by Francis Brennan, a former Trump campaign advisor who was hired by Meta in January.

  • Tempus Fugit@midwest.socialEnglish
    71·
    7 hours ago

    I’ll never forget when these traitors had their panties wadded so much about the Biden admin suggesting they remove articles about the stolen Hunter Biden laptop. Hey Republicans I’m keeping tabs and this is one expensive bill you are all going to have to pay.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    111·
    10 hours ago

    Freedom of speech is a joke in USA, and has been for decades, only the Americans think they have the worlds best freedom of speech, when in fact it is far from it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

    Freedom of the press is a key indicator in that regard, and USA is in the category of problematic.
    In USA you can lie, but you can’t tell the truth.

    • sanity_is_maddening@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      13 hours ago

      Yup. And to use decentralised and open protocol social media too. Like the one we’re on. And the Fediverse at large. Especially for organisational purposes and resistance initiatives like this one in the article. Learn to run their own instances and be bound to no company or algorithm that can bury them.

      I’m using both Tor and the Web version of voyager right now. On a degoogled phone. And I’m in an European country where fascism has not even taken over. Yet.

      Maybe a set of donation funds should be started to use for promoting the fediverse. Ad campaigns, billboards, flyers and so on. Decentralised collective efforts as well. Organised by communities in regions, not even nationwide efforts. It would be easier this way as a global endeavour too.

      The problem that I find is most people don’t even know the Fediverse exists. And these are the people who would be benefited the most to know of it right now. They really think they’re gonna fight the oppressor with the tools of their oppressors?

      • potatopotato@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        4 hours ago

        You’re…on it… Just use Tor to access it if you don’t want your house raided.

        Ideally we need to move fediverse instances into Tor “hidden services” so that they can’t be located and shut down, then we can make all the actionable threats we want all day long. Another option is Dread, a Tor Reddit clone but idk how they’d take to having a bunch of leftists descend on what is ultimately a pseudo drug marketplace platform.

        • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Fair point. Sorry for writing that like an asshole. I was in a pissy mood and shouldn’t have thrown that at you.

          I’m sure they’d appreciate the added business honestly lol