Trump Administration Demands Reddit Reveal Identity of User Who Criticized ICE

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 10th, 2026, 10:00 pm


The Trump administration has ordered Reddit to provide personal information on one of its users who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement, The Intercept reported on Friday. Reddit has until April 14 to provide the data. Attorneys for the user say their client’s posts and their anonymity are clearly protected by the First Amendment.

On March 4, an ICE agent in Fairfax, Virginia sent a request to Reddit seeking information on the user, referred to as John Doe. To compel compliance, ICE slapped the social media behemoth with an administrative subpoena, which does not require approval from a judge.

“Failure to comply with this summons will render you liable to proceedings in a U.S. District Court to enforce compliance with this summons as well as other sanctions,” the request stated. “You are requested not to disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time. Any such disclosure will impede the investigation and thereby interfere with the enforcement of federal law.”

The request sought a month’s worth of data on the user, but it did not specify what the agency found potentially actionable. Reddit informed Doe about the request two days later, prompting the person – who lives in the Pacific Northwest – to retain attorneys from the Civil Liberties Defense Center in Oregon. The user’s attorneys say nothing in their client’s posting history points to illegal activity.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-administration-demands-reddit-reveal-identity-of-user-who-criticized-ice/

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Here comes another "Pirro Special". Whatever happens with this case could impact DU and every other discussion site.

[Walleye]

1. So they know this won't hold up in front of a judge

[MuchBetterThanThis]

7. Yes, it's yet another intimidation ploy

These blokes think they are the Mafia🤔

[Walleye]

8. Definitely. All I see here is mob, strong arm tactics.

I’m encouraged to see that it’s not really working in any significant way. I’m hoping Americans remember soon that they don’t like being pushed around.

[paleotn]

13. Exactly.

Whether or not this would stand up in court is irrelevant.

[COL Mustard]

22. They make the Mafia look honest

Pretty scary.

[Irish_Dem]

28. The point is not the courts. It is a mob tactic to shut down criticism by using threats.

Even if it gets thrown out, it will scare people.

Like in China and Russia you cannot make comments against the dictators or you
get disappeared.

[Walleye]

44. I'm hoping eventually, they will get tired of being pushed around

[Irish_Dem]

47. So far, no one seems tired of being threatened, bullied, harassed.

Americans have become so strange.

They used to be a brave people.

[Walleye]

48. I know I don't really understand my fellow Americans here. I used to feel a kinship with them

[Soul_of_Wit]

40. Will the now-corporate Reddit folks comply with a baseless request?

That is the point of the Donald administration's bluff. If there was a credible threat, then the DOJ could get a judge to issue a subpoena. Compliance in advance is their ask.

[Pinback]

49. If they do, they'll lose about 90 percent of their members.

One of the primary appeals of Reddit is user anonymity. They’ve already pissed off a lot of users by disallowing VPN-shielded logins. If they go so far as to cough up a user’s identity to the Pedo administration, they can watch the whole thing go down the drain.

[ShazzieB]

55. Agreed, and thst would be a crying shame.

I kniw a lot of people deride Reddit as being a cesspool, but that's a gross oversimplification, imo. There may be skme garbage subreddits out there, but there are also many, many well run subreddits that are a pleasure to use. I would hate to see anything endanger that. Reddit is extremely diverse, and that's one of the best things about it.

[Pinback]

68. Reddit has cleaned up its act quite a lot in recent years.

Good moderators and less tolerance of abusive behavior overall have made a big difference. People sometimes like to criticize the “old Reddit,” or their impression of the current Reddit based on second-hand reports, without experiencing it in its current state for themselves.

I’m by no means saying Reddit is perfect, or even as good as it should be. But as an occasional user, I find the experience overall helpful and positive.

My biggest complaint is that there’s a fair amount of silliness that you have to filter out (although, to be honest, some of that is part of the fun sometimes). And I couldn’t care less about some of the relationship advice threads and other personal drama reveals. I hide or block those most of the time. And, more and more, there are posts that seem to be bot-generated — but the community tends to sniff those out and alert others to ignore them.

I also tend to stick to hobby groups most of the time, and when I do scan the political threads, most of them reflect a progressive viewpoint. (But I don’t visit the conservative forums, and right-wingers usually don’t get much traction in the mainstream news and politics subgroups.)

[angrychair]

46. Yes it will

The "justice" system exists to punish regular people and help the wealthy and powerful.

They believe that anyone that speaks out against them is a domestic terrorist.

[IronLionZion]

2. They'll come for DUers one day

[displacedvermoter]

6. Perhaps I should stop telling people

that I have read on the Internet that Trump is syphilitic?

I believe it to be true!

[FakeNoose]

10. How can he have syphilis if a simple penicillin shot would have cured him?

I'm not buying it because it doesn't make sense. He sees doctors regularly and it would have been treated long ago.

[displacedvermoter]

12. I believe in miracles?

And the power of positive thinking. James Carville believes it to be true, and recommends we share the news. Only thing I agree with Carville on.

[Tanuki]

21. That's what they said about gonorrhea, but....

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/multi-drug-resistant-gonorrhoea


..."Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) appeared soon after the antimicrobial medicines started to be used. This has continued to expand over the past 80 years, affecting medicines such as tetracyclines, macrolides (including azithromycin), sulphonamides and trimethoprim combinations and, more recently, quinolones. In many countries, ciprofloxacin resistance is exceedingly high, azithromycin resistance is increasing and resistance or decreased susceptibility to cefixime and ceftriaxone continue to emerge.

The extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhoea (ceftriaxone) but also including resistance to penicillin, sulphonamides, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones and macrolides (including azithromycin) are called gonorrhoea superbugs or super gonorrhoea."... (more)

[SonOfNebanaube]

51. Are you an Md? n/t.

[ShazzieB]

63. No MD is needed to know how silly this rumor is.

It's not a question of being able to diagnose him (a blood test is needed for that anyway). It's a matter of a few basic facts, all of which are readily available on the internet:

1. Syphilis is easily diagnosable with a simple blood test and has been 100% curable since the mid 1940s (basically Trump's entire life).

2. As a result of the above, tertiary syphilis (the final, most advanced stage of the disease) has become extremely rare in industrialized countries. At one time, it was deadly, but it is now virtually unheard of in people with ready access to half decent medical care.

3. A person has to go untreated for years, if not decades, for syphilis to reachan advanced stage. The possibility of this happening to someone in Schlump's position (i.e. wealthy and with good medical care at his fingertips) in this day and age seems wildly unlikely to me.

I don't understand why this rumor still persist. It needs to die once and for all. Trump almost certainly has frontotemporal dementia and congestive heart disease. There's no need to resort to something as exotic and unlikely as tertiary syphilis to explain his condition.

[ShazzieB]

56. Exactly!

That syphilis rumor is absolutely ridiculous. I every time I see a mention of it. Fortunately that doesn't happen very often these days, but here we are.

[displacedvermoter]

57. What do you do every time you see a mention of Trump's syphilis?

I always chuckle, myself, and think positive thoughts.

[paleotn]

14. They'd like to but you give them far more power and good sense then they have.

[popsdenver]

39. First they came for the reddit users,

and I was not a reddit user.......

[Linda ladeewolf]

3. We all do!

Did he just now notice?

[Collimator]

4. Reddit?! Seriously?!

They want to take on Reddit? Why don't they just go into every middle school in the country and confront the Mean Girl cliques?

Thinking about it, I can see Trump squaring up against the Snarky Queen Bee type, since that is the essence of his personality. It would be a losing battle, of course, because he is on the downward slope in terms of looks, charisma and influence.

[underpants]

33. I don't get Reddit but apparently a lot of people do.

[TommyT139]

41. Reddit hosts a ton of progressive groups

And the info on specific actions, eg against ICE locations, abductions, and even agents (crowd sourcing so sane people can learn who their neighbors are) is excellent.

That's apart from the thousands of niche interest groups, everything from hobbies to sexuality.

Of course, Reddit has money for lawyers, which would likely wipe out progressive boards hosted by individuals or small groups.

[eShirl]

5. "You are requested not to disclose the existence of this summons for an indefinite period of time.

[IronLionZion]

9. MAGA are a pathetic caricature of fascists

MAGA are like what a satire cartoonist would draw to make fun of fascists

[Botany]

20. MAGA is just about 80% or more kabuki. It is all made up in the cyber world of Musk, Twitter, X, and web ..

… sites/computer servers are just about all based in foreign countries. I’m willing to bet those
platforms such as MAGANationX not only have Musk but Russian backing. Just like Trump’s
degree from Wharton it is phony.

From NPR

A new feature rolled out on the social media platform X has set off waves of finger-pointing by suggesting that many account holders may not be physically located where users assume they are. Late last week, X, which is owned by Elon Musk, added more information to most accounts, including some that could provide clues on where the account user is located.

Seeming inconsistencies quickly surfaced. An account called @MAGANationX that describes itself as a "Patriot Voice for We The People" is labelled as "based in Eastern Europe (Non-EU)." The handle @American was "Based in Pakistan." An account used by a person who identifies as a journalist in Gaza now says it's "Based in" Poland and "Connected via" an app in the U.K. That may mean various things, including that the account was registered in the U.K. So far, X has not provided a definition of the terms.

Snip

Rage farming
It's possible that some of the accounts may indeed be people overseas pretending to be, or implying they are, Americans, said Renée DiResta, an associate research professor at Georgetown University who studies social media platforms. She said their motivation is largely financial.

"It's just a really easy way to generate rage - generate clicks in this case, generate direct monetization. That's something that we've seen on all different platforms for a very long time now. "


https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-5619239/x-maga-influencers-location

[IronLionZion]

65. MAGA Kabuki

[paleotn]

15. The work of "para-lawyers"

[Attilatheblond]

50. Only 2 lawyers?

Oh... para-lawyers. I thought you meant pair o' lawyers.

[Bengus81]

60. Hell...tell that guy to start a Go Fund Me and see how long it takes

for the first MILLION $$$ to roll in. An hour maybe........

[IronLionZion]

64. I"m imagining lawyers in parachutes

[paleotn]

66. Lol!! It's a line from Danny DeVito in The Rainmaker.

DeVito's character was a law school grad who failed the bar 6 times, thus calling himself a "para-lawyer."

[Talitha]

31. "Don't tell anyone" - isn't that what child abusers say to the kids?

[orangecrush]

11. Hey ICE

Go fuck yourself

[Prairie_Seagull]

37. No I am Sparticus.

Hey ICE
Go fuck yourself.

[orangecrush]

42. FUCK ICE!

[DBoon]

45. I'm Spartacus!

ICE is a brutal police state agency whose only purpose is to enforce ethnic cleansing.

People who resist ICE in any fashion are heroes, just like the people who resisted the German Gestapo.

[travelingthrulife]

16. And the Epstein files were ordered to be released by a court of law.

[twodogsbarking]

17. I confess, it was me.

[COL Mustard]

23. I am Spartacus.

nt

[twodogsbarking]

24. How ya doin? Good I hope.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. ...

(glad I didn't have a mouthful of tea when I saw your post )

[IronLionZion]

32. Lots of Spartacus here

[Bayard]

38. We will all be Earl!

[travelingthrulife]

18. It is meant to scare us into silence. Get louder.

[twodogsbarking]

19. Dude, nearly everyone in the world is critisizing ICE. Try to keep up old man.

[underpants]

35. It's a public matter. When you work in the public sector, you live in a fish bowl

That’s understood by every who works in the public sector. Everything can be FOIA’ed.

[Ziggysmom]

25. More of that Administrative BS that does not require approval of a judge.

I used to feel protected by the Constitution, not any more.

[SunSeeker]

26. K & R for exposure.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Designed to specifically shut down internet criticism of the Trump Crime Syndicate.

Yep, designed to shut down groups like ours.

[GreenWave]

30. will impede the investigation and thereby interfere with the enforcement of federal law

Exactly what Trump does every f-ing time.

[SamuelAdams]

34. Where are the supposed libertarian types on the right like Rand Paul?

The government is attacked for investigating real crimes hen controlled by Democrats. But those same people are fine with right-wing government trying to criminalize social media posts.

[Joinfortmill]

36. We are now in full on fascist mode....

Each person needs to think long and hard about how they act/interact going forward, if they haven't already. This old girl doesn't have much to lose, so I'm all in. Fuck 'em!

[ouija]

43. It was me, I'll be waiting

[snot]

52. My understanding is that

law enforcement agencies at various levels in the US routinely purchase or demand and get info from all the major social media platforms.

Given how reliant we've become on 'net-based communications from social media to email to cell phone calls, imho the Supreme Court made a grave error when it held that searched of those communications –– unlike those via the USPS and land line telephones –– would not require warrants.

[kerouac2]

53. I think they should...

I think they should tell them to go eff themselves, that is.

[enigmania]

54. And they said we were exaggerating.

[bluestarone]

58. Our Government is our enemy people

That's the way it is. Nov 2026 won't change a fucking thing with this bunch of fuckers running our country. I just hope it can be stopped.

[Bengus81]

59. Hey MSM,can we use the name HITLER yet?? Nope,not yet? Not enought PROOF?

[Grins]

61. "I am Spartacus!" NM

[usonian]

62. DU'er Demands Trump Reveal Identity of All His Cohorts in the Trump-Epstein sex, blackmail and money-laundering empire.

Sovereign Indignation Subpoena so delivered.
Seems only fair.

P.S. Ask Trump to spell subpoena.

[AllyCat]

67. There are thousands who criticize ICE.

How do they pick out just one?

[vapor2]

69. So still trying to revoke our free speech??

Can't hold on til the end of his freakin term