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DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online

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by hypeatei

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Also related: "Don’t say ‘Watch out for ice’: FEMA warned storm announcements could invite memes"[0]
This administration is really sensitive about ICE being shined in a bad light.
0: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/fema-ice-storm-memes

by spamizbad

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Given ICE's unpopularity this is like trying a find a very specific piece of hay in a hay stack.

by josefritzishere

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It's pretty offensive that DHS is spending our tax dollars trying to supress critisim —free speech. The most protected type free speech is poltical speech. Even pursuing identification could be construed as abusive and unlawful.

by ck2

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Meanwhile at least two people who have openly murdered people are now effectively in witness protection without even investigation, forget trial
Just firing a gun on a street will open an investigation on any other cop in the country
Now killing someone gets a pass?
We are a banana republic now with the government executing protestors
Eventually it will be a dozen protestors shot at once, they already know they will get a pass based on policy, why stop at just one?

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by almosthere

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I see a future where your comment history builds your known profile - at scale for everyone.

by KittenInABox

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This is about posting license plates (presumably not of personal vehicles), facial images, and names of federal officers.
I mean I thought we already make federal employees and vehicles public knowledge. The national guard currently deployed in Minneapolis are unmasked as far as I know to compare. I'm not understanding why DHS federal employees are exempt from this standard.