This story was originally published by Boyle Heights Beat on Oct. 8, 2025.

People Over Papers, an interactive mapping tool that tracks crowdsourced ICE sightings , has been taken down by the digital platform Padlet.

One of the project’s creators, Celeste, who requested her last name remain private for security reasons, said she received no advance notice before Padlet removed the tool Sunday morning. “I reached out to them pretty immediately. At first, I thought I had done something wrong,” she said.

About two hours later, she said, a Padlet customer representative notified her that People Over Papers was “trashed due to violations” of its content policy and that it couldn’t be restored “at this time.”

Celeste shared the message from Padlet with Boyle Heights Beat, which reache

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