"In February, The New York Times reported that Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta had received hundreds of administrative subpoenas during the previous six months. In March, a group of US congressmembers asked tech leaders for data on how many requests their companies have received and how they've handled them, but it's unclear whether they received a response."
"WIRED previously found that agents issued customs summons, including ones for legitimate investigations into customs issues, more than 170,000 times between 2016 and mid-August 2022. The most common recipients of those requests included big tech firms and telecommunications companies."
"The saddest thing for me about all of this, as a career national security law enforcement attorney, is that if you abuse your authority like this, it undermines all the legitimate stuff."
DHS has issued numerous administrative subpoenas to tech companies, raising privacy concerns. Reports indicate that Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta received hundreds of subpoenas. Congress members have sought data on these requests, but responses remain unclear. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued DHS for records on subpoena usage. A past incident involving Twitter led to an investigation revealing policy violations in DHS's issuance of summonses. Concerns persist about the impact of such practices on legitimate law enforcement efforts.
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