Free speech nonprofit says US to end efforts to curb Facebook group and app reporting ICE activity
META•FIRE said the US government agreed to make permanent an injunction barring it from pressuring Facebook and Apple to suppress a Facebook group and an app that report ICE activity.
1. Injunction made permanent
FIRE said the government agreed to make permanent a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by the free speech group against the Justice and Homeland Security departments. The case concerned the Facebook group “ICE Sightings – Chicagoland” and the Eyes Up app, which the suit said were disabled or removed under pressure from federal officials.
2. Court order limits pressure
A judge’s order says the federal government “shall take no actions, formal or informal, to demand or pressure” Facebook and Apple to suppress the group and app. The departments did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
