Trump Administration Demands Reddit Reveal Identity of User Who Criticized ICE [View all]

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.

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