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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Secret Website Spying
Donald Trump’s White House is reportedly turning government websites into surveillance traps — and Congress must act now.
New reporting reveals that Trump’s White House routed user data from federal websites into commercial tracking tools while apparently leaving out privacy warnings required by law — raising serious questions about whether officials were trying to hide secret surveillance from the public.
That is chilling. Americans should not have to wonder whether applying for a passport, checking voting information, or using a federal website means being secretly tracked by Trump’s political operation.
Government websites are not campaign tools. They are public infrastructure. They should help people access services — not collect data, monitor users, or route sensitive information through opaque systems controlled by White House insiders.
No White House should have secret control over systems that touch voting information. No administration should be able to quietly track people seeking passports, health information, or public benefits. And no one should be forced to give up privacy just to use basic government services.
Congress must drag this scandal into the open, force officials to turn over records, reveal who had access to Americans’ data, and cut off funding for any system that treats public services like surveillance infrastructure.
If Congress stays silent, this abuse could spread across the federal government. Today it is a few crucial websites. Tomorrow it could be every digital doorway Americans use to reach their own government.
Thanks for all that you do,
Matt from the Swarm
