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The notification said they received legal process from law enforcement seeking information about the Facebook account
If documentation challenging the legal process is not received within ten days the agency will respond with information
Sarah Balkissoon said the Department of Homeland Security's position was within their power to investigate threats to its own officers according to a court transcript
Meta informed the Instagram and Facebook accounts of the request on October 3
Department of Homeland Security sent Meta a request for identifying information on September 11
Pressure is on end user private individual to go to court
Montco Community Watch accounts began posting about ICE sightings in June
Administrative subpoenas were only sparingly used in past primarily to uncover people behind social media accounts engaged in serious crimes such as child trafficking
In September it sent Meta administrative subpoenas to identify people behind Instagram accounts that posted about ICE raids in California
The accounts solicited tips from roughly 10000 followers to alert people to agent locations over six months
Subpoena was later withdrawn
When receive subpoena review process is designed to protect user privacy while meeting legal obligations
Transparency reports show number of requests for user information from different governments has climbed over years with United States and India submitting most
In 2017 Twitter sued federal government to stop administrative subpoena that asked it to unmask account critical of first Trump administration
Tom Homan said on Fox News he was pushing to create a database of people arrested for interference impeding and assault
Tech companies can choose whether or not to provide information
Department said it had broad administrative subpoena authority but did not address questions about requests
Google Meta Reddit complied with some requests
Department asked companies for identifying details of accounts that do not have real names and have criticized ICE or pointed to ICE agent locations
Google Reddit Discord Meta have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from Department of Homeland Security