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Electronic Frontier FoundationonMastodon2d ago
Google rompió su promesa. Entregó datos de un estudiante al ICE (Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas) mediante una citación administrativa, sin darle aviso previo para defenderse. Exigimos a las fiscalías que investiguen esta práctica comercial engañosa. https://www.eff.org/es/deeplinks/2026/04/google-broke-its-promise-me-now-ice-has-my-data
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Analysis Summary
Google handed over a Ph.D. student's account data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May 2025 without notifying him, breaking its stated policy of giving users a chance to challenge law enforcement requests. The student, Amandla Thomas-Johnson, attended a brief pro-Palestinian protest at Cornell University in September 2024, and ICE requested his data in April 2025 — but while ICE asked Google not to notify him, the request was not court-ordered, giving Google discretion it chose not to exercise. The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed complaints with state attorneys general alleging deceptive trade practices, arguing that even without message content, Google's data handover created a detailed surveillance profile including location approximations, physical address, and communication timestamps.
Claims Analysis (4)
“Google delivered a student's data to ICE via administrative subpoena without prior notice to challenge it”
Confirmed by EFF primary source, corroborated by The Verge and multiple outlets. Thomas-Johnson received notification only after data was already handed over.
“This broke Google's nearly decade-long promise to notify users before handing data to law enforcement”
EFF explicitly documents this as a broken policy. Article notes Google named exceptions (gag orders) that did not apply to this case.
“ICE requested that Google not notify Thomas-Johnson, but the request was not court-ordered or enforceable”
Directly stated in linked article. ICE's request lacked legal mandate — Google had discretion to notify but chose not to.
“EFF filed complaints with California and New York Attorneys General requesting investigation into deceptive trade practices”
Confirmed by EFF, The Verge, and ppc.land. Complaint filed April 14, 2026 as stated in search results.
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