News Summary

• Meta is the latest tech company to restrict tools used to track ICE agents on its platform.
• Earlier this month, Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents.
• But users and developers of the apps say it’s their First Amendment right to capture what ICE is doing in their neighborhoods.
• They maintain that most users turn to these platforms in an effort to protect their own safety as President Donald Trump steps up aggressive immigration enforcement across the country.
• A Facebook group for ICE sightings in Chicago does appear to have been taken down.
• As of Tuesday evening, dozens of other groups, some with thousands of members, remained visible on Facebook.