Google handed a Ph.D. student's data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement without notifying him, breaking its decade-long promise to alert users before law enforcement data handovers. The student, Amandla Thomas-Johnson, had attended a brief pro-Palestinian protest at Cornell University, and ICE requested his data months later. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed complaints with California and New York attorneys general alleging deceptive trade practices.
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Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data
Google secretly handed a protester's data to ICE, breaking its decade-long commitment to notify users of law enforcement requests before complying.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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