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And no, it's not me.
A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek "vast swaths of information" about his personal life following social media posts critical of Donald Trump's administration.
The Canadian John Doe plaintiff on Monday sued Markwayne Mullin, the current DHS secretary, in a lawsuit that contends DHS is engaged in "a transparent gambit to chill speech the government doesn't like." The suit was brought by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) offices in D.C., where DHS is located, and in northern California, the jurisdiction where Google has its headquarters.
"I have long admired the United States for its commitment to free speech," the plaintiff said in a statement released by the ACLU. "Never in a million years did I think that, after criticizing the U.S. government, I would be targeted with a summons seeking to find out who I am, where I live, where I go and what I read online. You dont have to be from America to know that this is un-American."
According to the complaint, the Canadian posts under a pseudonym about political topics on X and other platforms, routinely posting "content critical of President Trump and his administration." In his social media posts, he frequently tags the user names and accounts of U.S. government officials.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-dhs-aclu-lawsuit-canadian-john-doe-9.7187851
Cha
(320,290 posts)Fighting Back Against US Fascist Nazis 2.o, Elbows Up!
So Hope he WINS!! 💙 ☮️ 🌻🕯️🕊️
highplainsdem
(62,878 posts)Some more info here
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143660476
and the Wired article I posted about there a couple of days ago linked to an NYT article from 3 months ago about these DHS summonses
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/technology/dhs-anti-ice-social-media.html
but going after a Canadian is apparently new.
The Trump regime is so stupid.
Cha
(320,290 posts)I'm glad h's doding this, but what could they do to him in Canada, anyway?
highplainsdem
(62,878 posts)could ever do to him in Canada, but they hope to make life miserable enough for the people they go after that others will be afraid to say anything.
It's like the DOJ's idiotic prosecutions of people the idiot in the White House is still mad at. Those are at least partly meant as warnings to anyone who might offend Trump.
Cha
(320,290 posts)after the US Nazi Harassers.
Make a case study about the prey Fighting back, against the predator.
💙 ☮️ 🌻🕯️🕊️