Meta removes ICE Sighting Chicagoland group after DOJ request

Meta removed a Facebook group used to share information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Chicago on Tuesday after the Department of Justice requested the takedown, Attorney General Pam Bondi said. The page, called ICE Sighting Chicagoland, had more than 80,000 members and was, according to Bondi, used to dox and target ICE agents in the city. Meta confirmed the group was removed for violating its policies against coordinated harm.

"Today, following outreach from the Department of Justice, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target ICE agents in Chicago," Bondi wrote in a social media post. She said the DOJ views such pages as endangering officer safety and pledged continued engagement with technology companies to eliminate platforms that can be used to incite violence against federal law enforcement.

Meta spokesman Francis Brennan said the company removed the group for breaching its coordinated harm policy but did not provide further details about the content that prompted the action or the group's exact membership at the time of removal. Visitors attempting to access the group's page saw a notice that the content was not...