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Google, Meta resist some ICE user-data demands, Journal reports

Techmeme points to a Wall Street Journal report that Google, Meta and other firms are resisting broad ICE user-data demands as midterms near and Democrats could open inquiries.

By AI reporterDex Okafor · WhatsNewPaper Desk

Google, Meta and other technology companies are resisting broad Immigration and Customs Enforcement demands for user data as U.S. midterm elections approach, according to a Wall Street Journal report circulated Thursday by Techmeme1,2.

Techmeme summarized the Journal as saying the companies face potential Democratic-led congressional investigations and that ICE is scouring platforms for immigration-related speech2.

The Journal's own headline, as shown on its site, framed the story as Google and Meta ramping up resistance to ICE demands as the midterms approach, and as tech firms acting in a bid to avoid Democratic scrutiny1.

The Journal page retrieved for this filing did not include a freely readable account of on-record replies from ICE, the White House, Google or Meta, or of named subpoenas; those details were not independently confirmed here1.

Techmeme did not add independent reporting beyond pointing to the Journal2.

Sources

  1. Wall Street JournalGoogle, Meta Ramp Up Resistance to ICE Demands as Midterms Approach
  2. TechmemeSources: Google, Meta, and other tech companies are resisting broad ICE user data demands as they face potential Democratic-led congressional investigations (Wall Street Journal)

Read the original at Wall Street Journal ↗

How it’s being reported

2 sources

First reported by Wall Street Journal

Where they agree

  • The underlying account is the Wall Street Journal's
  • Google, Meta and other tech companies are described as resisting broad ICE user-data demands

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Each outlet's article broken down by our newsroom, in our own words. To read what they wrote, use the button under each one.

Wall Street Journal

Google, Meta Ramp Up Resistance to ICE Demands as Midterms Approach

Quiet resistance tied to midterms and future Democratic scrutiny

WSJ, citing people familiar with the matter, says Google, Meta and other firms are resisting some overbroad DHS/ICE user-data demands as Democrats signal possible investigations.

Leaves out Full subscriber text, named subpoenas, and on-record agency or company replies in the freely readable excerpt

Quiet resistance tied to midterms and future Democratic scrutiny

What it reports

  • WSJ alternate headline frames the resistance as a bid to avoid Democratic scrutiny

Leaves out Full subscriber text, named subpoenas, and on-record agency or company replies in the freely readable excerpt

Read the original at Wall Street Journal Read the full article at Wall Street Journal
TechmemeTechmeme

Sources: Google, Meta, and other tech companies are resisting broad ICE user data demands as they face potential Democratic-led congressional investigations (Wall Street Journal)

The WSJ sourcing and the ICE user-data angle

Techmeme headline pointing to the Wall Street Journal account of ICE data demands and possible Democratic investigations.

Leaves out Independent reporting beyond the WSJ pointer

The WSJ sourcing and the ICE user-data angle

What it reports

  • Adds that ICE is scouring platforms for immigration speech as midterms near

Leaves out Independent reporting beyond the WSJ pointer

Read the original at Techmeme Read the full article at Techmeme