On Thursday, Apple removed ICEBlock, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tracking tool, from its App Store after the Department of Justice raised concerns about the app endangering law enforcement officers’ safety.
Ashley Oliver for FOX Business:
DOJ officials, at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi, requested Apple take down ICEBlock from its App Store, a move that comes as Trump administration officials have claimed the tracking tool puts law enforcement officers in danger and helps shield illegal immigrants.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Bondi confirmed the department reached out to the big tech giant.
“We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store — and Apple did so,” Bondi said. “ICEBlock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed. This Department of Justice will continue making every effort to protect our brave federal law enforcement officers, who risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe.”
Controversy surrounding ICE tracking apps intensified after last month’s deadly shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas, the latest in a series of attacks that appeared to be targeted at immigration enforcement officers.
Authorities said the suspect, Joshua Jahn, searched his phone for tracking apps, including ICEBlock, before opening fire on the facility from a rooftop. Authorities said Jahn killed one detainee and left two critically injured but that the immigrants were not his intended targets. One of the injured, a 32-year-old husband and father of four, died this week.
MacDailyNews Take: Duh. It never should have been in the App Store in the first place.
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What Apple genius approved that app and kept it there longer than it should have been, six months, especially with the armed extremists of the Left out on the streets!
As someone who lives in LA, it’s easy to identify ICE. Look for someone who is poorly dressed. unprofessional, and talks like they failed 10th Grade English.
… and has you cuffed and perp walking your ass to slammer.
Based on your comment, it looks like you are ICE (sorry about that 10th Grade English class – better luck next time) . . . We could ask for your name and badge number, but I guess that only applies to ‘professional’ law enforcement. (BTW, like your mom says, don’t forget to tuck in your shirt).
Cope, loser
MDN never used to have a content “moderation” clause posted on this site… until recently.. Or if it was there before it was so well hidden then I never saw it until recently.
Yet, MDN regularly posts QUOTES about the loss of freedom of speech being an example of a paranoid dictatorship.
It’s also a blatant example of hypocrisy when dictators are allowed to do or say what e we they want to but no one else can.
… then go crying to Mama, pansyass.
Free speech is clearly only for MAGA supporters and not for everyone else huh..
The ICEBlock app is a prime example of free speech.
The Trump administration want it banned because it highlights the illegal ICE activity in your neighborhood.
Need an ‘illegal alien’ app to track down and expose these law breakers and KICK THEIR ASS OUT OF THE COUNTRY!