{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "dhs-platform-subpoenas",
    "section": 6,
    "title": "DHS subpoenas Google, Meta, Reddit, and Discord for ICE critics' identities",
    "date": "Feb 2026",
    "sort": "2026-02-13",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": null,
    "note": "Carried forward, not re-checked in v3.28.",
    "category": "protest",
    "body": "DHS sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas, which need no judicial sign-off, demanding names, emails, phone numbers, and other identifying details for accounts that criticized ICE or reported agent locations. Google, Meta, and Reddit complied with some requests. The ACLU filed a motion on affected users' behalf.",
    "quotes": [],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "NYT, ~Feb 13-17, 2026"
      },
      {
        "label": "Engadget"
      },
      {
        "label": "Boing Boing"
      },
      {
        "label": "Military.com"
      },
      {
        "label": "IBTimes UK"
      },
      {
        "label": "PCGamer"
      },
      {
        "label": "Gizmodo"
      }
    ],
    "places": [],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/dhs-platform-subpoenas"
  }
}
