Apple is reportedly banning the app designed to document abuses by ICE

For the second time in one week, Apple has removed an app from its App Store that was designed to track violations committed by Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

last week, Apple has removed ICEBlockan app designed to allow users to report nearby ICE activity in their neighborhoods. The app, which has been repeatedly criticized by Trump administration officials, sought to keep immigrants informed of the presence of federal law enforcement in their communities.

“We just received a message from Apple App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to ‘objectionable content,'” ICEBlock wrote in a post on Bluesky Last week. “The only thing we can imagine is that this is due to pressure from the Trump administration. We have responded and we will fight this! #Resist.”

Now, another ICE-related app has been blocked. The app in question, called Eyes Up, allows users to upload videos of ICE officers engaging in abusive behavior. the Application website It provides a geographic map of where the alleged abuse occurred, along with time-stamped videos that provide evidence of the behavior. The goal is to preserve digital evidence that can later be used in legal cases against the government.

According to Eyes Up’s developer, the app was released from the App Store on October 3rd, the day after ICEBlock announced its expulsion. This developer expressed his frustration to 404 journalist, Joseph Cox, about the app being kicked:

“Our goal is to hold the government accountable, and we’re not even tracking in real time,” the Eyes Up director, who gave his name as Mark, told 404 Media. Mark asked 404 Media to use only his first name to protect him from retaliation. “I think the (Trump) administration is embarrassed by the number of videos condemning us.”

Mark added that he was careful to organize the material to ensure it belonged in the app’s video repository:

“I personally look at each submission to make sure it’s relevant, accurately described to the best of my ability, and appropriate for publication. I actually look at the location the user has submitted and usually refer it back to Google Street to check,” Mark said. We have a completely private app just to moderate submissions.”

Gizmodo has reached out to Apple for more information about the ban. It’s not clear if and how the app violated the company’s terms of service. The 404 indicates that Apple has not responded to her request for comment.

Apple, like many other technology companies, has taken over the White House since Trump took office. Earlier this year, CEO Tim Cook Donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. Meanwhile, at the White House AI Summit in September, Cook said: I wandered around fawningly About the great job the president was doing. As such, it would be easy to read Apple’s recent decision to kick the two ICE-related apps as a different kind of sycophancy, but, of course, we have limited information about that.