Government Likely Violated First Amendment in Getting Apple and Google to Block ICE Sightings Content, Court Holds

Government Likely Violated First Amendment in Getting Apple and Google to Block ICE Sightings Content, Court Holds

From yesterday's decision by Judge Jorge Alonso (N.D. Ill.) in Rosado v. Bondi: Plaintiff Kassandra Rosado runs a Facebook group called "ICE Sightings – Chicagoland" and Plaintiff Kreisau Group runs a phone application called "Eyes Up." Both allow users to post videos and information regarding ICE activity. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants coerced Facebook into disabling the Chicagoland Facebook group and coerced Apple into removing Eyes Up. Pl…

Judge sides with creators of banned ICE trackers who allege DHS and DOJ violated their First Amendment rights

The Trump administration coerced platforms into removing ICE monitoring projects such as ICE Sightings - Chicagoland and the Eyes Up app, the lawsuit alleges.

Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking

ICE Sightings - Chicago Land and Eyes Up won a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration for violating their First Amendment rights.

Trump admin violated First Amendment by forcing Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-trackers

The Trump admin violated the First Amendment by pressuring companies to remove apps critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal court ruled.

Judge orders DOJ, DHS to stop censoring anti-ICE social media group

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration appeared to have illegally threatened Facebook and Apple into censoring anti-ICE groups' social media, and he said he'll order the government to cut it out.

US judge blocks ICE tracker injunctions

First Amendment win for ICE trackers A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to the makers of the banned “ICE Sightings Chicagoland” Facebook group and the companion “Eyes Up” mobile app. The group and app had been targeted by the Trump administration, and the developers argued that DHS…