Apple removes ICE tracking apps after Trump AG pressure
Apple removed ICEBlock after the Department of Justice cited risks to federal agents following a deadly shooting, with the app having over 1 million users, developer said.
- Apple removed the ICEBlock app and similar applications from its App Store on October 2 after being contacted by the Trump administration about safety risks to law enforcement.
- The Justice Department reported that the app could increase the risk of assault on ICE agents, with over a 1000% rise in assaults noted since recent anti-ICE violence.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that they reached out to Apple demanding the removal of the ICEBlock app from their App Store, and Apple complied.
- Rights advocates expressed concerns about free speech and due process violations amid increased government actions against immigrants.
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ICEBlock creator devastated by Google, Apple decision to remove app after pressure from 'authoritarian regime'
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said such tracking puts Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at risk. But users and developers of the apps say it’s their First Amendment right to capture what ICE is doing in their neighborhoods — and mai…
Under pressure, Apple removes ICE tracking apps from App Store over 'safety risks' to law enforcement
Bondi confirmed the department reached out to Apple Thursday to demand it remove ICEBlock Apple dropped ICEBlock, a widely used tracking tool, from its App Store Thursday after the Department of Justice raised concerns with the big tech giant that the app put law enforcement officers at risk. DOJ officials, at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi, asked Apple to take down ICEBlock, a move that comes as Trump administration officials have …
Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House’s request to remove ICE tracking app
Apple and Google on Thursday removed apps that alert people when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are nearby following pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi.Critics of the tech giants capitulating to the Trump administration say it shows the sway President Trump has over Silicon Valley in his second term.Apple said it yanked an app called ICEBlock from its app store after the “safety risks” of the app were made known to the company.…
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