A popular social media platform has been subpoenaed by the federal government for one user’s remarks about the Trump administration’s immigration policies, concerning First Amendment advocates due to heightened legal action.
The subpoena, originally obtained by The Intercept and reported on April 10, calls on Reddit to appear before a grand jury in Washington, D.C. Efforts to discover the personal information and associated data of the anonymous Reddit user, identified within the legal filing as John Doe, began early last month when various statements were linked to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies.
It is described as an administrative summons or subpoena that in legal arenas is routinely affiliated with more serious crimes like child trafficking.
"We seek to inform users of any legal process compelling disclosure of their data, as we did in this case, because users should have the agency to protect their own information and are often better positioned to challenge requests that impact them,” a Reddit spokesperson told Military.com on Monday.
Reddit has until April 14 to provide various personal data on the user in question, who is described as living in the Pacific Northwest
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The federal government for one user’s remarks about the Trump administration’s immigration policies