{"id":1241,"date":"2025-10-15T00:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:23:06","slug":"meta-removes-ice-tracking-facebook-page-in-chicago-at-the-request-of-the-justice-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/15\/meta-removes-ice-tracking-facebook-page-in-chicago-at-the-request-of-the-justice-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta removes ICE-tracking Facebook page in Chicago at the request of the Justice Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-section\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/10\/16\/trump-law-order-federal-enforcement\/\" title=\"Trump\u2019s push for law and order shows he\u2019s no longer encumbered by government guardrails\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tTrump\u2019s push for law and order shows he\u2019s no longer encumbered by government guardrails\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/10\/16\/government-shutdown-health-care-costs\/\" title=\"As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tAs the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/10\/16\/shutdown-democrats-health-care-demand\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th time\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSenate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th time\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/10\/15\/young-republicans-chat\/\" title=\"JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tJD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/10\/15\/journalists-pentagon\/\" title=\"Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tJournalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that \u201cfollowing outreach\u201d from the DOJ, Facebook removed a \u201clarge group page\u201d that was being used to target ICE officials.<\/p>\n<p>Meta said in a statement that the group \u201cwas removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meta is the latest tech company to restrict tools used to track ICE agents on its platform. Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/apple-ice-iphone-app-immigration-fb6a404d3e977516d66d470585071bcc\">Apple and Google blocked downloads<\/a> of phone apps that flag sightings of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/portland-chicago-memphis-federal-crackdowns-trump-7a45dcf0e7e2bd7debb38603e5b4f660\">U.S. immigration agents<\/a>, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-slideshow\" id=\"mng-gallery-3de4bba0e3a3c5fdd5971046ab369866\"><button class=\"icon-close mng-gallery-fullscreen-close\" aria-label=\"Close fullscreen slideshow\"><\/button><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\"><button id=\"mng-gallery-prev\" class=\"mng-gallery-prev mng-gallery-arrow\" aria-label=\"Previous\" type=\"button\"><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"mng-gallery-list draggable\">\n<div class=\"mng-gallery-track\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-article_inline size-article_inline lazyload\" alt=\"Government officials detain a protester in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 14,...\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_78144-scaled.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"slide-credit\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-caption\">Government officials detain a protester in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez\/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_73377-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-article_inline size-article_inline lazyload\" alt=\"A government official throws a tear gas canister towards protesters...\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_73377-scaled.jpg?w=620 620w,http:\/\/agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_73377-scaled.jpg?w=780 780w,http:\/\/agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_73377-scaled.jpg?w=810 810w,http:\/\/agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_73377-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w,http:\/\/agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_73377-scaled.jpg?w=1860 1860w\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago_Immigration_73377-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"slide-credit\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-caption\">A government official throws a tear gas canister towards protesters in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez\/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button id=\"mng-gallery-next\" class=\"mng-gallery-next mng-gallery-arrow\" aria-label=\"Next\" type=\"button\"><\/button><\/ul>\n<div class=\"caption mng-gallery-information-container\"><button class=\"caption-expand mng-gallery-caption-expand\" aria-label=\"Show caption\">Show Caption<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"slideshow-credit mng-gallery-image-credit\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-count\"><span class=\"current mng-gallery-current-image-number-display\">1<\/span> of <span class=\"total\">2<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"slideshow-caption mng-gallery-image-caption\">Government officials detain a protester in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Anthony Vazquez\/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\"><span>Expand<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bondi has said that such tracking puts Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at risk. But users and developers of the apps say it\u2019s their First Amendment right to capture what ICE is doing in their neighborhoods \u2014 and maintain that most users turn to these platforms in an effort to protect their own safety as President Donald Trump steps up aggressive immigration enforcement across the country.<\/p>\n<p>While a Facebook group for ICE sightings in Chicago does appear to have been taken down, as of Tuesday evening, dozens of other groups, some with thousands of members, remained visible on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday. 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