US EditionICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration for free speech violations
Joshua Aaron alleges Trump officials coerced Apple to remove ICEBlock app, violating his First Amendment rights and threatening prosecution after 1 million downloads.
- Joshua Aaron, the ICEBlock developer, sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington on Monday, alleging Attorney General Pam Bondi and others threatened prosecution and pressured Apple, violating the First Amendment.
- After officials raised safety concerns, Apple cited law-enforcement information when it removed ICEBlock, with Attorney General Pam Bondi stating she urged Apple to pull the app.
- ICEBlock crowdsourced ICE sightings and alerted users within a 5 mile radius; alerts expired after four hours, and removal from Apple’s App Store stops updates despite over one million downloads.
- Lawyer Noam Biale said Bondi's remarks show illegal pressure, calling it coercion and vowing to take the case to the Supreme Court while Joshua Aaron seeks ICEBlock's restoration.
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ICEBlock developer sues Trump administration over app’s removal
The creator behind ICEBlock, an app that tracked immigration enforcement officials’ activities, is suing the Trump administration two months after his app was removed from the Apple app store following criticism from officials.
ICEBlock creator sues Trump administration officials saying they pressured Apple to remove it from the app store
ICEBlock app creator Joshua Aaron is suing the Trump administration, accusing it of abusing government power and infringing on his free speech by pushing Apple to remove ICEBlock from its app store.
ICEBlock creator sues Trump admin for pressuring Apple to remove app
The developer of ICEBlock, an app used to report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, sued the Trump administration on Monday after it pressured Apple to take the service off its app store. ICEBlock creator Joshua Aaron, who filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, says the administration’s actions violated his First Amendment right to free speech. The lawsuit cites remarks by numerous Trum…
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