Source: federal prosecutors have subpoenaed Reddit to appear before a grand jury, to provide personal data on an anonymous user who criticized ICE
The Intercept Ryan Devereaux
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- FIRE statement on the government's attempts to unmask Reddit critic The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
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- Trump admin hounds Reddit to reveal identity of user who criticized ICE Ars OpenForum
Discussion
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@prestonjbyrne
Preston Byrne
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All of the good online anonymity cases involve Reddit.
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@senatorshoshana
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Always love FIRE! Also the history of platforms defending users from being unmasked by government is fascinating and important. Good on @Reddit for protecting its users!
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@thefireorg
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... How we respond to this chilling moment matters. Today, lawmakers from both parties are busy promoting age-verification laws that would force each of us to reveal our identity before we speak online. If lawmakers had their way, the Reddit user would already be standing in co…
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My memory fails me but I thought that Trump and his MAGA followers were opposed to this kind of censorship. — A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury. — theintercept.com/2026/04/10/ r...
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@davidgreene
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As I say herein, we should be very, very concerned about a grand jury investigation into people who criticize ICE in subreddits. Like very very very concerned about DOJ overreach theintercept.com/2026/04/10/ r... via @ryandevereaux.bsky.social & @theintercept.com
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@activistchecklist.org
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One of the trends we're always tracking is the increase in state repression. This use of grand juries to try to silence dissent is concerning. If you don't know, federal grand juries happen with a lot of secrecy. The govt appears to be using them to try to unmask online dissen…
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@serrata.org
Tony Serrata
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Just be aware this is only going to get worse.... But, this court case might be a litmus test to how truly safe we are in criticizing this regime. — And also a test of how corporations will either fight or comply. — theintercept.com/2026/04/10/ r...
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@eff@mastodon.social
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Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury as the Trump administration tries to unmask anonymous online critics. “We should be very, very, very concerned that they've now taken one of these to a grand jury,” EFF's @davidgreene told @theintercept. https://theintercept.…
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A Redditor criticized ICE; Now Trump Is trying to ‘Unmask’ them, by Dragging the Company into a Secret Grand Jury.
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[TheIntercept] A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.
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A redditor who quoted Wingnut Dishwashers Union is being bullied by the Feds.
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US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury | Trump admin reportedly gets grand jury involved in attempt to identify Redditor.
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@falameezer
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Where are all the Free Speech people at? — Hiding behind the 2nd Amendment people when Alex Peretty was shot. — theintercept.com/2026/04/10/ r...
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