Bluesky Is Blocking Links to a Major Leak of DHS Employee Records
Source: Wired ·
Bluesky tells WIRED it blocked links to a leaked archive of information on 41,000 ICE, CBP, and other DHS workers because it contains people’s contact information, shared without their authorization.
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Bluesky is blocking users from opening links to a newly leaked archive of records on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors, and labels the pages “malicious.” The files include people’s email addresses and phone numbers, “shared without their authorization,” Bluesky tells WIRED, in violation of its community guidelines . The company says it chose to block the links, rather than remove individual posts, “to avoid limiting public discussion or restricting broader access to reporting and commentary.” The DHS records, published Wednesday by the transparency nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets, list employees' and contractors’ names, contact information, and membership in internal groups, tied in some cases to surveillance and undercover operations. A WIRED investigation found that the files lay out in detail how DHS is organized, from senior leadership to individual immigration agents, and in some cases appear to show who has access to certain…