Zuckerberg Puts ICE Info On Ice; Instagram, Facebook & Threads Block Links About Agents As Backlash Grows Over Alex Pretti Killing

After being available for months, information about ICE agents is suddenly being blocked today on META-owned platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads. “We restrict certain activity to protect our community,” an IG response said Tuesday after an attempt to post ICE List material. “Let us know if you think we made a mistake.” A similar result came on Facebook, and on Threads any ICE List link or paste simply disappeared with “Link Not Allowed” popping up. The apparent censoring follows the latest fatal shooting in Minneapolis this past weekend of an American citizen by ICE officers with the death of Alex Pretti. A 37-year-old ICU nurse who was trying to stop masked federal agents from assaulting a woman observing them, the January 24 killing of Pretti has proven the tipping point for even some Republicans against Trump’s heavy-handed tactics. The jamming of access to the anti-ICE website on META comes as protests and critiques of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and its masked officers seems to be repressed on the new-ish US version of TikTok, which has a number of Trump and MAGA supporters among its new minority stake owners. Of course, this prohibition on ICE List links on META platforms certainly appears consistent with Mark Zuckerberg‘s full-on courting of Donald Trump since the former Apprentice host returned to the White House in January 2025. As well as paying Trump $25 million last year over a suit from the suspension of his accounts following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, that courtship has also seen Zuckerberg put POTUS buddy and UFC boss Dana White on the META board. Zuck has also purged fact-checking on the platforms in favor of “community notes,” and allowed an almost free hand for anyone to say anything they like, regardless if it is true, offensive or even violent. ReadUp.social does not censored what Meta and other platforms govern. https://deadline.com/2026/01/zuckerberg-ice-agents-facebook-instagram-1236698897/