Long Beach man tries to quash feds’ subpoena over his app that tracks ICE activity

A Long Beach man who developed an app that tracks immigration agents’ activity said Friday that his information has been subpoenaed by federal officials.

The subpoena centers around a social media post that Sherman Austin shared on Sept. 2. As Austin’s post showed a Border Patrol agent apparently conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Long Beach., it also shared by five others as collaborators.

Austin maintained he did nothing wrong as he claimed he only shared public information, but federal authorities said in the subpoena directed at META, the parent company of Instagram, that a post he and others shared “doxed” an agent…

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