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DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/instagram-ice-critic-wins-fight-to-stay-anonymous-as-dhs-backs-down/
119•duxup•2h ago

Comments

hypeatei•1h ago
Also related: "Don’t say ‘Watch out for ice’: FEMA warned storm announcements could invite memes"[0]

This administration is really sensitive about ICE being shined in a bad light.

0: https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/fema-ice-storm-memes

neilcj•1h ago
Not sensitive enough to change behaviors, unfortunately.
hypeatei•1h ago
Oh, of course not. They're sensitive about the PR, they wish they had complete control over the narrative because their behavior is bad.
ASalazarMX•26m ago
It turns out there wasn't a generation of crystal, these guys are the functionaries of crystal. Too frequently is functionaries loudly complainig about any kind of questioning.
spamizbad•1h ago
Given ICE's unpopularity this is like trying a find a very specific piece of hay in a hay stack.
wat10000•1h ago
Or is it more like trying to find all the hay in a hay stack?
gruez•1h ago
The point is presumably to make an example of a few, and use that to deter future people from posting information about ICE officers, not to send everyone who oppose ICE to the gulags.
wizzwizz4•1h ago
I fear they've burned the credibility they'd need for that to work. If they claim to have made an example of a critic, how do we know that was actually a critic – and by extension, how do we know that not critiquing them will keep us safe?
ASalazarMX•22m ago
That's when loyalty becomes the new bar. Polarization makes everyone not supporting the regime an enemy. I don't see USA fully going down that slope, so I'm confused about what is the final goal. Maybe it's just a temporary whim of the executive and his backers.
Xiol•18m ago
There's a poem about this.
pickleglitch•1h ago
Not YET. But ICE's budget is now larger the military budget for most countries. They are spending billions developing sophisticated AI-powered surveillance tech infrastructure and building detention centers (aka, concentration camps).

When they run out of immigrants to deport, they aren't going to just sell all that crap on ebay. They're going to go looking for more targets.

KerrAvon•1h ago
Arbitrary cruelty is the point. There isn't a coherent rationale. You're going to the gulags if the subhuman pig in the mask says you are. You'll be lucky (?) if they don't just decide to execute you in the street. This is the reality on the ground right now. In a blue state in America.
AnimalMuppet•10m ago
> ... if the subhuman pig in the mask...

You're using exactly the kind of dehumanizing rhetoric that the administration is using in order to justify their violence and inhumane treatment of immigrants. You might need to think about that.

Other than the quoted snippet, everything you said may be true. Still, don't dehumanize your opponents.

pickleglitch•1h ago
That's where AI come into play. This is why Palantir exists.
reactordev•1h ago
This is exactly why palatir exists.

They data mine for you.

general1465•43m ago
Palantir will give a lot of fake positives and overload remainder of ICE forces who will be chasing ghosts.

Heck even Google believes that I am a woman and is constantly showing me women hair and clothes products. And they are doing targeted data mining for ads business for decades.

pickleglitch•13m ago
ICE doesn't give a shit about false positives. They are already using a facial recognition app as definitive proof of someone's immigration status, even when they are shown documentation such as a birth certificate. They don't care if it's accurate, they just want targets.
JCattheATM•27m ago
> Given ICE's unpopularity

Seems divided along party lines unfortunately. Plenty of people are proudly saying this is exactly what they voted for.

estearum•17m ago
Nope. Trump is -13% on deportations according to YouGov before the Alex Pretti murder.
JCattheATM•11m ago
Isn't this the same problem of many people who feel otherwise not participating in polls? The conservative subreddit shows a very different story. I'm sure the asktrumpsupporters sub does also.
KittenInABox•1h ago
This is about posting license plates (presumably not of personal vehicles), facial images, and names of federal officers.

I mean I thought we already make federal employees and vehicles public knowledge. The national guard currently deployed in Minneapolis are unmasked as far as I know to compare. I'm not understanding why DHS federal employees are exempt from this standard.

mschuster91•1h ago
> I'm not understanding why DHS federal employees are exempt from this standard.

Because the aim of ICE is to terrorize local communities that either have a lot of immigrants/non-white people in general or that vote heavily Democrat like Minneapolis.

And terror doesn't work when you can reliably identify the terrorists and hold them accountable, or do the same to the terrorists as they dish out on their victims.

almosthere•1h ago
I see a future where your comment history builds your known profile - at scale for everyone.
reactordev•1h ago
Buddy, you are describing the past… social media has been doing this since 2015.
almosthere•13m ago
No I didn't explain what I meant well enough. If someone ends up sniping a famous person, we go back in time and figure out who they are.

I'm talking about if you work at McDonalds and online you post "Man I hate McD's" you get fired within 5 minutes because everyone, everywhere has already been doxxed and notification systems are attached at the employment level. Even if your online name was "reactordev". At scale meant- everyone, always.

shimman•1h ago
This has/is already happening, how do you think they found a 15 year old post where Graham Platner was dancing with his shirt off that got like 15 views? How do you think they found his "anonymous" reddit account?
tartoran•1h ago
Yeah, I agree, there's a file on everyone. However, actions like this may backfire. In this case I think this will help Graham Platner rather than hurt him
ck2•1h ago
Meanwhile at least two people who have openly murdered people are now effectively in witness protection without even investigation, forget trial

Just firing a gun on a street will open an investigation on any other cop in the country

Now killing someone gets a pass?

We are a banana republic now with the government executing protestors

Eventually it will be a dozen protestors shot at once, they already know they will get a pass based on policy, why stop at just one?

mothballed•1h ago
Jon Ross got a $750,000 payout via gofundme. So there is also a very large bounty for the murderers to execute someone. The new American dream?
goatlover•45m ago
Who funds a federal agent executing a citizen? Did they not watch the same videos we all did?
owyn•40m ago
Yes they did, and that's the problem. Some people support this. It's easier to rile up hatred than to fix any real problems. When you spend years framing ALL immigration as illegal, you get a lot of people (like some of my family members) who will say "well, they ARE here illegally so they just need to enforce the law". And yes there are illegal immigrants in this country, but I don't think this kind of violence is the right solution.
lux-lux-lux•31m ago
Bill Ackman, among other people.
JCattheATM•25m ago
> Who funds a federal agent executing a citizen?

Racists, fundamentalist christians, xenophobes, anyone happy with the way they think ICE is 'cleaning up' the country, which involves dealing with 'enemies'.

> Did they not watch the same videos we all did?

They did, and continue to insist on an interpretation not supported at all. It's like literally pointing at green grass and insisting it's red.

OutOfHere•40m ago
Iran in the making.
imglorp•1m ago
Yes, they may want a full on Tiananmen every day in every blue city. Suppressing dissent is the end goal; hurting brown people is only a warmup. If the public actually starts to fight back, the Insurrection Act has already been threatened.

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