Facebook takes off the page that is used to 'DOX' ice agents in Chicago, says Trump Admin says
The Donald Trump administration said on Tuesday, October 14, that Meta took off the page that is used to “dox and harass” the agents for immigration and customs and customs). In a statement, the US Department of Justice said that Meta – Facebook’s parent company – has complied with its request to remove the page. In a post on X, the attorney -general Pam Bondi said the page is part of an attempt to “dox and target” the approximately 200 immigration and customs hempling officers. “Following reaching out of @Thejusticedept, Facebook has removed a large group page that was used to target and target @IKEGOV agents in Chicago.” Pam Bondi said the wave of violence against ICE was fueled by online apps and social media campaigns aimed at jeopardizing ICE officials for performing their duties. “The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to jeopardize ICE officials just to do their job. The Justice Department will continue to engage technical companies to eliminate platforms where radical threatening violence against federal law enforcement can attract,” Pam Bondi said. What is doxxing? Doxxing is the part of personal information about people online. A spokesperson for Meta confirmed that the company had removed the Facebook platform page because it “violated our policy against coordinated damage,” Reuters reported. Read also | Chicago, Illinois Sue to stop Trump’s National Guard deployment plan after Portland has the Portland’s ruling earlier this month, has removed Apple programs that enable users to track the movements of ICE agents following the pressure of the Trump administration. Google has also not made similar apps available. The administration threatened to prosecute manufacturers of the tracking programs. Ice agents in Chicago The Ice presence in Chicago was resisted by the democratic mayor of the city, Brandon Johnson, and Democratic Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker. Earlier this month, Johnson signed an order prohibiting ICE agents from using property in the city as stage areas for operations, and local companies have placed signs declaring their premises outside the limits to ICE. Johnson also accused Republicans of wanting to “re -broadcast” the Civil War. Meanwhile, Governor Pritzker said he wanted prosecutors to investigate the legality of ICE activities in Chicago. He also accused Trump of being motivated by “punishing his political enemies.” An illustrated Trump even asked Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be arrested, accusing the two Democrats of “not protecting federal immigration officials.” “The mayor of Chicago must be in jail for not protecting the Ice officers! Governor Pritzker too!” Trump wrote with reference to US immigration and customs hilling staff.