A report reveals DHS has quietly used administrative subpoenas to target critics, demanding user data from tech companies without court oversight. Recent cases include seeking info on anonymous Instagram accounts sharing ICE raid resources and criticizing Trump officials. Unlike judicial subpoenas, these allow agencies to access login times, devices, and contact info but not email contents. This tactic raises concerns over privacy and free speech, as Homeland Security pressures companies like Meta to identify those behind activism accounts amid ongoing immigration crackdowns. Learn more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/ #Privacy #FreeSpeech #HomelandSecurity #Immigration #Tech #civilrights

A report reveals DHS has quietly used administrative subpoenas to target critics, demanding user data from tech companies without court oversight. Recent cases include seeking info on anonymous Instagram accounts sharing ICE raid resources and criticizing Trump officials. Unlike judicial subpoenas, these allow agencies to access login times, devices, and contact info but not email contents. This tactic raises concerns over privacy and free speech, as Homeland Security pressures companies like Meta to identify those behind activism accounts amid ongoing immigration crackdowns. Learn more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/ #Privacy #FreeSpeech #HomelandSecurity #Immigration #Tech #civilrights

"Stars Bring #IceOut Pins and Fiery Speeches to a Political #Grammys. Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, and Kehlani made strong statements about immigration on Sunday, while the host Trevor Noah drew President Trump’s ire":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/arts/music/grammy-awards-ice-trump.html
#FreeSpeech #music #values #PublicOpinion copy: @renewedresistance #politics

"Stars Bring #IceOut Pins and Fiery Speeches to a Political #Grammys. Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, and Kehlani made strong statements about immigration on Sunday, while the host Trevor Noah drew President Trump’s ire":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/arts/music/grammy-awards-ice-trump.html
#FreeSpeech #music #values #PublicOpinion copy: @renewedresistance #politics

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #Canada #AgeVerification #BillS209

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #Canada #AgeVerification #BillS209

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #Canada #BillS209 #AgeVerification

Canadians!

Bill S-209 is due for a section by section consideration in the Senate this Thursday (i.e. the equivalent of a full committee markup to Americans)!

Reminder: This bill would mandate privacy invasive Age Verification as well as give the Canadian government the ability to block ANY website that isn't compliant (search engines, Wikipedia, social media, etc.), not just "commercial pornographic websites" like the bill claims! One of the bills' sponsors essentially admitted this!

If this bill passes, it would be massively chilling to privacy and free speech in Canada! The Canadian government would control what you're allowed to see!

VPNs are, at best, a temporary solution here.

Call your Senators and House of Commons Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #Canada #BillS209 #AgeVerification

#Minnesota

#GENERALSTRIKE ROUND 1 🥊

https://x.com/ProudSocialist/status/2015609761694155034

#AlexPretti
#ReneeNicoleGood
#KeithPorter
#healthcare
#politics #uspol #dueprocess #socialmedia #technology #Minneapolis @democracy @politics @workersrights @socialmedia @socialsciences @humanities #education #freespeech #censorship @workingclasshistory @workersrights #democracy #resistance #protest #culture #US #usa #fuckICE #cbp #authoritarianism #trump #fascism #chicago #losangeles #newyork #texas #portland #unitedstates

#Minnesota

#GENERALSTRIKE ROUND 1 🥊

https://x.com/ProudSocialist/status/2015609761694155034

#AlexPretti
#ReneeNicoleGood
#KeithPorter
#healthcare
#politics #uspol #dueprocess #socialmedia #technology #Minneapolis @democracy @politics @workersrights @socialmedia @socialsciences @humanities #education #freespeech #censorship @workingclasshistory @workersrights #democracy #resistance #protest #culture #US #usa #fuckICE #cbp #authoritarianism #trump #fascism #chicago #losangeles #newyork #texas #portland #unitedstates

New Sovereignty Signal is live.

Decentralised storage, privacy as a human right, the EU Digital Services Act and speech, and why decentralised platforms matter. Video picks on Web3 privacy, decentralised identity, and community owned spaces.

Read: https://beitmenotyou.online/sovereignty-signal-privacy-freedom-and-the-decentralised-future/

What are you reclaiming first?

#SovereigntySignal #Privacy #Decentralisation #Web3 #DigitalRights #FreeSpeech

New Sovereignty Signal is live.

Decentralised storage, privacy as a human right, the EU Digital Services Act and speech, and why decentralised platforms matter. Video picks on Web3 privacy, decentralised identity, and community owned spaces.

Read: https://beitmenotyou.online/sovereignty-signal-privacy-freedom-and-the-decentralised-future/

What are you reclaiming first?

#SovereigntySignal #Privacy #Decentralisation #Web3 #DigitalRights #FreeSpeech

RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”

A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.

Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.

And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw

#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”

A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.

Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.

And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw

#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia