Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ asked Facebook to take down a group used to “dox and target” ICE agents, and Meta confirmed a removal for violating its coordinated-harm rules.
- The page was widely reported as “ICE Sighting–Chicagoland,” with roughly 70,000 to 84,000 members during the escalation of Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago area.
- Meta has not detailed which posts triggered enforcement or confirmed the group’s name, fueling transparency questions about how the policy was applied.
- The takedown follows early-October removals of ICE-tracking apps such as ICEBlock by Apple and, reportedly, Google after federal pressure, while developers argue such tracking is protected speech.
- Civil‑liberties experts say recording and sharing public law‑enforcement activity is generally protected by the First Amendment, and reporters noted that similar Facebook groups remain visible.