Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation

By: Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: November 7, 2025

Words: 1,356

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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By Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University

When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monitoring program. The request states that private contractors will be paid to comb through “Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, VK, Flickr, …

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