Facebook has taken down a “large group page that was being used to dox and target [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] agents in Chicago,” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X Tuesday.
Facebook parent Meta confirmed the move in a brief statement shared with Fast Company Tuesday.
“This Group was removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm,” a Meta spokesperson said.
Those policies include prohibitions against outing undercover law enforcement and supporting vandalism, among other restrictions. Meta did not immediately respond to an inquiry about which of those rules were allegedly violated.
Neither Meta nor Bondi’s statement identified the Facebook group in question. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that it was a group called “ICE Sighting – Chicagoland” with rough