An instructional video posted to social media by the platform encourages people to "do [their] patriotic duty" by going to a District Court in a blue state, then "Secretly snap a photo of the judge. Don't let the bailiff see you." The video shows a person uploading a photograph of Judge James Boasberg, who is presiding over the Trump administration deportation flights case, and reporting him for "terrorism".
The project has been likened to Stasi programs in which citizens were paid to spy and report on their neighbors.
The founder of ICERAID, Jason Meyers, claims that he had had conversations with the White House about the project, although the website for the tool states it is not affiliated with any government agency and is not a website of the US government. Meyers has faced several enforcement actions resulting in disciplinary penalties over his involvement in security sales, and in 2014 was permanently banned by FINRA from broker-dealer activities after misappropriating investor funds. Meanwhile, multiple users have complained about not receiving their promised ICERAID tokens, and the project reportedly changed its terms after the token presale to reduce the amount of money buyers would earn for participating.
