Google secretly handed over student journalist’s financial data to ICE without court order Google complied with an ICE administrative subpoena, providing British journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson’s private data—including credit card numbers, bank details, IP addresses and device identifiers—without a court order or notifying him. Thomas-Johnson was singled out after participating in a protest against defense contractors linked to Israel’s war in Gaza. His student visa was revoked, and ICE obtained his Google data under a reported gag order, preventing transparency. This case reflects a growing pattern where DHS and ICE use administrative subpoenas to unmask activists, journalists and critics. Unlike Meta (which…

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