A Secret Grand Jury Is Seeking the Identity of a Reddit User Who Criticized ICE
www.jezebel.com
Reddit itself has been subpoenaed by a secret Washington grand jury, with the government wanting to know the identity of a specific user.

Reason number 5,386 to delete your Reddit account and encourage your friends & loved ones to do the same.

  • Manjushri@piefed.socialEnglish
    72·
    8 hours ago

    OP’s headline does not match the article linked in any way. I don’t know if the site changed the article or what, but the Grand Jury has not ordered Reddit to turn over any data.

    a subpoena issued by federal prosecutors to the management of Reddit, representatives of the site have been ordered to appear before a grand jury in Washington D.C., with an April 14 deadline set in an attempt to compel Reddit to volunteer personal data and the identity of a user who had the temerity to lightly criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the platform.

    Essentially, they have ordered Reddit to send representatives to be badgered into volunteering the user’s information.

    • mechoman444@lemmy.worldEnglish
      291·
      7 hours ago

      These kinds of posts and titles on Lemmy are a serious issue that I’ve noticed over the last 6 to 7 months.

      There appears to be a serious issue with moderation and a lot of Lemmy subs.

      I’m not calling for any Reddit styled moderation here. Absolutely not. I’m just saying something needs to happen here to better moderate these subs.

      • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Isnt it up to the readers of the article to notice and upvote things like this? Lemmy is just a link aggregator. Mods dont read every post. I bet almost everyone has a full time job or student life too.

        Report it and upvote the problem and it will be fixed by a mod eventually, and readers will be aware until that happens.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        5 hours ago

        It’s really easy for one of the mods in this community to make the op fix the headline or remove the post. Did anyone report it?