WSJ Tech News Briefing · Friday, August 7, 2026
ICE has successfully prosecuted individuals for credible threats, including an Oklahoma man convicted of threatening federal agents and two women found guilty of stalking. In other instances, like a case involving a user posting on X, ICE agents visited the individual, leading to curtailed online speech despite no charges being filed.
“There have been a couple of cases where individuals have made true and credible threats.”
“An Oklahoma man was convicted of threatening to kill federal agents after he wrote, we use politicians should be gunning down these domestic terrorists on X, along with several other posts about the agents needed to be shot.”
“So these plain clothes agents, they showed up and they told her not to post like that again.”