A Division of Homeland Safety social media publish that includes The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love” has been eliminated following a DMCA takedown request.
The social media publish, initially shared by DHS on October 2nd, had been taken down on Twitter/X on Friday. The identical publish has been muted on DHS’s Instagram web page. The Fb model of the publish remains available as of Saturday.
The clip, titled “Life After All Prison Aliens Are Deported,” options archival footage of Donald Trump from the Eighties, alongside scenes from Twin Peaks, the NBA and NASCAR, and different random footage. “The longer term is vivid,” reads the accompanying caption.
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This isn’t the primary time DHS has discovered itself on the unsuitable take of a copyright takedown. Over the summer time, JAY-Z hit the government agency with a DMCA after DHS’s social media channels used his tune “Public Service Announcement” to advertise ICE recruitment.
Final month, podcaster Theo Von, who supported Donald Trump forward of the 2024 election, publicly voiced his dissatisfaction with DHS for utilizing a clip from his present on social media. The publish was later taken down.
The Pokémon Firm additionally lately issued a statement clarifying that it didn’t grant DHS permission to make use of its imagery and language after the Pokémon theme tune was featured in one in every of its social media posts.
And simply final week, DHS trolled Zach Bryan after he seemingly launched a tune important of ICE’s ways by posting an ICE recruiting video soundtracked by his hit tune “Revival.”
The longer term is vivid. pic.twitter.com/fUS9Jvfl8G
— Homeland Safety (@DHSgov) October 2, 2025
