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Minneapolis Activists Used Encrypted Group Chats To Outmaneuver ICE. Now the Feds Want To Prosecute Them.

"I think courts are going to be very suspicious of how broad this is," one Minnesota lawyer tells Reason.

Reason · Oct 3

Former DHS Aide 'Should Have Known Better,' Judge Says After Signal Messages Vanished in FEMA Suit

A federal judge found former FEMA official Karen Evans intentionally deleted Signal messages relevant to a workforce-reduction lawsuit, ordering an adverse inference against the defendants.

International Business Times UK · Sep 15

US judge rules that Trump plan to halve FEMA workforce violated law

A US judge ruled the Trump administration unlawfully cut FEMA's workforce. The Department of Homeland Security usurped FEMA's authority over its personnel. This action violated a federal law enacted after Hurricane Katrina. The judge found the department acted unlawfully by stopping contract renewals. Remedies and penalties for this ruling will…

The Economic Times · Sep 12

U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown, Documents Reveal

Undercover agents also reportedly attended meetings in churches, libraries and parks, recorded participants' names and license plates and entered Signal chats where activists discussed political views

Latin Times · Aug 14

US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal

DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown

The Guardian - US · Aug 13

Jade McCaskie Granted Bail as Alleged Signal Messages Surface in Nathan Hill's Castle Hill Balcony Fall Case

Jade McCaskie has been granted conditional bail as alleged Signal messages and CCTV material surface in the investigation into Nathan Hill's Castle Hill balcony fall.

International Business Times UK · Aug 12

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives

The Guardian - US · Jul 28

No sleep score, no steps: this Signal smart ring from an ex-Google head is focused on cracking cuffless, calibration-less blood pressure readings

The Signal Ring has been created by an ex-Google head and "a very smart group of multidisciplined people focused on a single problem" — blood pressure.

TechRadar · Jul 16

Houston ICE shooting strains already tense relations between U.S., Mexico

Mexico’s president said her government will file complaints and lawsuits over 17 deaths related to U.S. immigration enforcement.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 14

WhatsApp submits reply on 'username' notice; govt examining messaging platform's response

The Centre issued a notice to Meta last Wednesday, questioning the proposed username feature on WhatsApp, flagging concerns that it could materially increase incidents of online fraud, phishing, digital-arrest scams and impersonation attacks.

The Economic Times · Jul 10