A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.

If there is one thing these freedom enthusiasts hate, it's people exercising their freedom.

Credit where credit is due, to reddit for making them go to court over it.

I don't remember the federal government ever working against so many citizens before. They are a hostile takeover.

Wonder what was said…

Gosh maybe ICE and the DOJ should read some executive orders, eh?

By the authority vested in me ... it is hereby ordered ... no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen...

Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily “complied with some of the requests” for identifying details of users critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent as part of a recent wave of administrative subpoenas the Department of Homeland Security has been distributing to Big Tech the past few months

https://gizmodo.com/reddit-meta-and-google-voluntarily-gave-dhs-info-of-anti-ice-users-report-says-2000722279

DHS sent hundreds of subpoenas to Google, Meta, Reddit, and Discord demanding identities of anonymous accounts tracking ICE operations.

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/14/dhs-subpoenas-google-meta-unmask-ice-critics-social-media-xcxwbn/

That implies posts that:

• Warn people of raids in real time
• Help people avoid ICE
• Coordinate responses to ICE presence

We should look for accounts that have a history like this:

• “ICE spotted at [location] right now”
• “Agents are at [apartment complex/business]”
• “Avoid [street/intersection]—ICE checkpoint”

Alternatively, it could also be something like this (though perhaps less likely):

• “Here’s how to avoid ICE checkpoints”
• “What to do if ICE shows up: …”
• “Don’t open the door unless…”

… or even aggregate statistics like this:

• “ICE has been operating in these neighborhoods this week”
• Maps or logs of sightings

…

I can’t imagine that they’re targeting this user for a reason too far off from why they targeted IceBlock, too.

Ideally, we can create a list of most probable users to have been targeted. Then we can warn them.

The Reddit user probably:

• Regularly posted ICE sightings or raid warnings
• Had a local or regional focus
• Was followed or relied on by others

That would corroborate with this passage:

ICE tried to identify the user for over a month and failed then escalated to a grand jury

That level of effort implies:

• The account was persistent
• The content was ongoing and impactful
• Likely high visibility or trusted by a community

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Edit: found someone who shared the full article here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1shj6zn/a_redditor_criticized_ice_trump_is_trying_to/

The story of how Reddit became ensnared in an ICE-related grand jury began early last month, when the company received a request to turn over the name, address, phone number, and other data associated with an account belonging to a user identified in court records as John Doe.

… In the John Doe case, Reddit received an initial request on March 4 from an ICE agent in Fairfax, Virginia.

… the social media company alerted John Doe of the federal request for information. Based in the Pacific Northwest, the Reddit user obtained representation from the Oregon-based Civil Liberties Defense Center

… There was a thread from early January, after news outlets including The Intercept identified Jonathan Ross as the ICE officer who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis. Commenting on a Minnesota Star Tribune article, another Reddit user posted that Ross might be welcomed as a hero in Florida or Texas. John Doe responded by sharing that Ross had lived in Chaska, Minnesota; grew up in Indiana; and served in the Indiana National Guard — biographical details that were circulating widely at the time. “Hopefully he moves up to Stillwater State Penitentiary,” they wrote.

In another post, a Reddit user asked what they should write on an anti-ICE protest sign. John Doe suggested the lyrics to a song: “Urine speaks louder than words.” In a third instance, Doe wrote, “TSA sucks and we all know it.” According to the Reddit user’s attorneys, these were the most aggressive posts they could find.

Authoritarianism is an admission of abject weakness.

White supremacists are the weakest and most brittle snowflakes.

This is exactly what Grand Juries are for and why the bar for indictment is so low.

It's a safeguard to prevent frivolous felony persecution by the State upon individuals.

It is to the Jurors to take one look at the evidence the prosecution presents and to say, nope, this is a BS case.

That's why it's so easy to get indictments. Generally, prosecutors only show up with actual evidence of potential wrong doing.

If they show up with nothing, in typical Trump legal team fashion, they will get no indictment.

They seem to think because THEY suck at law, everyone else does too. All competent lawyers left that administration. Believe it or not, plenty of lawyers actually have respect for the institutions they spent their lives training in and working in.

So what happens if they're not based on the US?

I thought they shadow banned everyone with opinions they don’t like. Happened to me after the Luigi situation

How many of us wonder if we might be the user?

I was critical of ICE on Reddit more than once. Likely, hundreds of thousands have been. I wonder what this mystery user said to bring this sort of scrutiny. Probably something true.

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I have a hard time believing its just one even given how crappy reddit has become.

Reddit is a honeypot

Suprised the little snots didn't roll over and give them up straight away

What did this person say that pissed the ICEflakes off so, and why aren't we all saying it?

I made a number of comments regarding my sentiments towards the orange child rapist and felon on Reddit a year or so ago. All my accounts of many years roasted instantly.

The fact that these clowns take it to the courts instead of just sicking AI on the job of unmasking the user is really telling about thier intelligence.