Mario Trujillo
@mariotrujillo.bsky.social
staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
ICE subpoenas can’t be trusted
Tech companies need to do more to protect their users
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Tech companies need to do more to protect their users
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
ICE subpoenas can’t be trusted
Tech companies need to do more to protect their users
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Tech companies need to do more to protect their users
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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The stories weren’t played together on A1, but they probably should’ve been.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The stories weren’t played together on A1, but they probably should’ve been.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.
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The social media companies must do more to stand up to these demands, many of which are illegal. This week @eff.org and @aclu-norcal.bsky.social sent the companies a letter explaining what they should do to protect people’s privacy and free speech. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
February 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The social media companies must do more to stand up to these demands, many of which are illegal. This week @eff.org and @aclu-norcal.bsky.social sent the companies a letter explaining what they should do to protect people’s privacy and free speech. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Meta hoped to slip one past busy privacy watchdogs and quietly embed facial recognition in its Ray-Ban glasses.
Now they're the target of letters from @epic.org calling on the FTC and state enforcers to step in.
Kudos to my EPIC colleagues, and bravo @kashhill.bsky.social & team for the scoop!
Now they're the target of letters from @epic.org calling on the FTC and state enforcers to step in.
Kudos to my EPIC colleagues, and bravo @kashhill.bsky.social & team for the scoop!
Today, we sent letters to the FTC and state attorneys general outlining Meta’s troubled history of privacy abuses and the serious risks associated with this plan. We urge enforcers to act immediately to block Meta’s latest rollout of facial recognition technology. epic.org/epic-urges-f...
EPIC Urges FTC, States to Block Meta’s Facial Recognition Smart Glasses Plan
<p>EPIC has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission and State Attorneys General urging them to quickly investigate and prevent Meta’s plan to add facial recognition and surveillance capabilities...
epic.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Meta hoped to slip one past busy privacy watchdogs and quietly embed facial recognition in its Ray-Ban glasses.
Now they're the target of letters from @epic.org calling on the FTC and state enforcers to step in.
Kudos to my EPIC colleagues, and bravo @kashhill.bsky.social & team for the scoop!
Now they're the target of letters from @epic.org calling on the FTC and state enforcers to step in.
Kudos to my EPIC colleagues, and bravo @kashhill.bsky.social & team for the scoop!
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Please read.
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans
Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Please read.
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Our reporting uncovered that hundreds of administrative subpoenas have been sent by the Homeland Security Department to Meta, Google, Reddit, and other social media companies. Some of the accounts they have sought to unmask have flight back in court.
February 13, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Our reporting uncovered that hundreds of administrative subpoenas have been sent by the Homeland Security Department to Meta, Google, Reddit, and other social media companies. Some of the accounts they have sought to unmask have flight back in court.
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where are the "free speech" warriors now www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
where are the "free speech" warriors now www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans
Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Meta’s conclusion that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans
Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Meta’s conclusion that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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The FTC and state AGs need to act *now* to stop this. Last time Meta slipped facial rec into its products (face tagging), enforcers dawdled. Meta took 11 years to wind it back.
We can't afford a decade of roving FRT-enabled surveillance cameras in every bathroom, clinic, classroom, and protest.
We can't afford a decade of roving FRT-enabled surveillance cameras in every bathroom, clinic, classroom, and protest.
In an internal memo in May, Meta laid out its plans to release facial recognition in its smart glasses, to the blind first, & then to the general public.
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The FTC and state AGs need to act *now* to stop this. Last time Meta slipped facial rec into its products (face tagging), enforcers dawdled. Meta took 11 years to wind it back.
We can't afford a decade of roving FRT-enabled surveillance cameras in every bathroom, clinic, classroom, and protest.
We can't afford a decade of roving FRT-enabled surveillance cameras in every bathroom, clinic, classroom, and protest.
This is another billion dollar lawsuit waiting to happen www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
February 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is another billion dollar lawsuit waiting to happen www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Corporate surveillance and government surveillance are often the same www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
February 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Corporate surveillance and government surveillance are often the same www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.“
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
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February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.“
Google should answer the question: how many other times has the company complied with a government demand for data without giving the targeted user a chance to fight it?
Google fulfilled an ICE subpoena demanding large swaths of information on a student journalists, including his bank and credit card numbers.
My latest for @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
My latest for @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Google should answer the question: how many other times has the company complied with a government demand for data without giving the targeted user a chance to fight it?
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JUST IN: #SCOTUS to hear arguments April 27 on whether geofence search warrants comply with the Fourth Amendment www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Supreme Court to decide legality of geofence search warrants
The justices will consider whether criminal investigators can use broad sweeps of cell-phone location data.
www.politico.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
JUST IN: #SCOTUS to hear arguments April 27 on whether geofence search warrants comply with the Fourth Amendment www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Once again, DHS withdraws an illegal and unconstitutional subpoena after the ACLU challenges it in court. This is the third time in about as many months.
BREAKING: After we sued, DHS withdrew a subpoena seeking personal information about our client who criticized DHS' treatment of a man seeking asylum.
This is a win not just for our client, but for everyone’s First Amendment right to speak out without fear of government retaliation.
This is a win not just for our client, but for everyone’s First Amendment right to speak out without fear of government retaliation.
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Once again, DHS withdraws an illegal and unconstitutional subpoena after the ACLU challenges it in court. This is the third time in about as many months.
The ACLU will keep fighting these one by one. But it would be a lot more efficient if tech companies would simply stepped up to fight on their users' behalf www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The ACLU will keep fighting these one by one. But it would be a lot more efficient if tech companies would simply stepped up to fight on their users' behalf www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Google promises to give users notice before turning their data over to law enforcement. This gives users an opportunity to challenge unlawful requests.
Sometimes, it breaks that promise to avoid delays.
Sometimes, it breaks that promise to avoid delays.
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn’t know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena until months later. Google never gave him a chance to fight it. interc.pt/3O07xke
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Google promises to give users notice before turning their data over to law enforcement. This gives users an opportunity to challenge unlawful requests.
Sometimes, it breaks that promise to avoid delays.
Sometimes, it breaks that promise to avoid delays.
ICE has sent subpoenas to Meta and Google to investigate people who document immigration activities, criticize the government, or attend protests.
Tech platforms should use their immense resources to push back to protect their users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Tech platforms should use their immense resources to push back to protect their users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Open Letter to Tech Companies: Protect Your Users From Lawless DHS Subpoenas
EFF is calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting DHS lawless administrative subpoenas for user data.
www.eff.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
ICE has sent subpoenas to Meta and Google to investigate people who document immigration activities, criticize the government, or attend protests.
Tech platforms should use their immense resources to push back to protect their users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Tech platforms should use their immense resources to push back to protect their users. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
EFF asked Ring about the dystopian implications of its "search party" feature three months ago. This was its response. Reporters should continue asking www.eff.org/document/rin...
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 AM
EFF asked Ring about the dystopian implications of its "search party" feature three months ago. This was its response. Reporters should continue asking www.eff.org/document/rin...
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A good thread from a privacy hawk who's been raising awareness about Ring's surveillance and law enforcement connections for years.
Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
A good thread from a privacy hawk who's been raising awareness about Ring's surveillance and law enforcement connections for years.
With minor tweaks, Amazon Ring’s tool to search for lost dogs could be used to track people www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Legal Case Against Ring’s Face Recognition Feature
Many biometric privacy laws across the country are clear: Companies need your affirmative consent before running face recognition on you.
www.eff.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
With minor tweaks, Amazon Ring’s tool to search for lost dogs could be used to track people www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Fun fact: I learned today that DHS puts out a daily newsletter to employees with links to news stories about the agency. We found this out because my editor noticed referral traffic from it. So when we in the press write these stories, DHS tells its employees to read them...???
How ICE agents are using facial recognition technology to bring surveillance to the streets
Witnesses describe an expansion of biometric surveillance as immigration agents use facial scanning and photography to track targets and bystanders.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Fun fact: I learned today that DHS puts out a daily newsletter to employees with links to news stories about the agency. We found this out because my editor noticed referral traffic from it. So when we in the press write these stories, DHS tells its employees to read them...???
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They should just hire 404Media as the inspector general of government surveillance tech. It would be more efficient and more accurate.
The inspector general is investigating whether ICE’s surveillance is legal. Even if this doesn’t result in any changes it will likely result in more details about how these systems work and that will hopefully be useful: www.404media.co/inspector-ge...
Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE's Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law
DHS's inspector general is probing ICE's biometric and surveillance programs.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
They should just hire 404Media as the inspector general of government surveillance tech. It would be more efficient and more accurate.
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“There’s a cascading set of problems with this app and what ICE and CBP are doing,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @WIRED.com, and “there’s a straightforward argument that DHS and its components are exceeding their authority here.” www.wired.com/story/cbp-i...
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
“There’s a cascading set of problems with this app and what ICE and CBP are doing,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @WIRED.com, and “there’s a straightforward argument that DHS and its components are exceeding their authority here.” www.wired.com/story/cbp-i...