Source: Expression
by Aaron Terr
“While I was driving down I-95 yesterday, a notification popped up on Google Maps: ‘Police ahead.’ I eased my foot off the gas. Sure enough, a minute later I passed a cruiser parked in the median, radar aimed at oncoming traffic. I paid it forward by tapping ‘Still there’ on Maps. Did I commit a crime? Did Google? No. Google simply provided a tool for sharing publicly observable information. I used it, just like millions of drivers do every day. That’s speech, and the First Amendment protects it. None of that changes if you swap out highway patrol for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But the Trump administration sees it differently.” (07/10/25)
https://expression.fire.org/p/speech-is-not-a-crime-even-if-it