First Amendment Trump administration preliminary injunction ICE tracking Facebook censorship Apple censorship Kassandra Rosado Eyes Up app NRA v. Vullo government overreach

In some Minneapolis neighborhoods, nearly every house has an anti-ICE sign. | Photo by Jack Califano / The Verge

Jorge L. Alonso, a federal district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois, ruled that the Trump Administration violated the First Amendment when it pressured Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking groups and apps. Judge Alonso granted the plaintiffs—a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs include Kassandra Rosado, who operates the ICE Sightings - Chicagoland Facebook group, and Kreisau Group, the developers of the Eyes Up app.

In his decision, Judge Alonso cited a unanimous 2024 Supreme Court ruling in the case NRA v. Vullo, which involved Maria Vullo, the former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services. The Supreme Court held that government officials cannot use regulatory pressure to suppress speech they disfavor. The Court stated:

"[G]overnment officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties to punish or suppress disfavored speech by threatening enforcement actions against them if they refuse."

This ruling reinforces protections under the First Amendment against government overreach in pressuring private entities to censor speech.

Source: The Verge
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