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Today, we filed a FOIA request with DHS concerning an AI-generated image the @DHSgov X account posted this morning. The image depicts a Transformer facing a South Asian man, over a caption telling "Mr. Singh" to self-deport and get off American roads. We want the prompt.

The Department controls how it characterizes what it publishes. It does not control what the underlying record shows. The prompt is that record.

DHS has been publishing AI-generated content on its official accounts for over a year. Nobody outside the department knows who approves it, whether anyone reviews it for civil rights implications, or whether any rules govern it at all.

You can follow this request and others at our PSB FOIA GitHub page.