A Division of Homeland Safety social media submit that includes The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love” has been eliminated following a DMCA takedown request.
The social media submit, initially shared by DHS on October 2nd, have been taken down on Twitter/X on Friday. The identical submit has been muted on DHS’s Instagram web page. The Fb model of the submit remains available as of Saturday.
The clip, titled “Life After All Prison Aliens Are Deported,” options archival footage of Donald Trump from the Nineteen 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 flawed 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 submit 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 all its social media posts.
And simply final week, DHS trolled Zach Bryan after he seemingly launched a tune vital 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