Apple caves presses Trump, and removes the application that allows migrants to track the ice activity

Apple has removed an application that allows migrants to track the enforcement of immigration and customs on Thursday evening.

Iceblock, an application launched in response to President Trump Campaign to fight immigrants, It is designed similar to the group traffic application from Google, and it has given users a collective way to report near ice activity.

“We have just received a message from the Apple app that #Ceblock was removed from the application store because of” rejected content “. The only thing we can imagine is that this is due to pressure from the Trump official. We have responded and we will fight this! #Sist.” Blouse.

Iceblock received an intense violent reaction from Trump administration officials earlier this year. The director claimed on behalf of the ice Todd M. Lyon The application “mainly draws a target on the appearance of federal law enforcement officers” in the press statement From June.

Public Prosecutor Bam Bondi is now crediting the removal, and tells us Fox News Her office has reached Apple to demand the removal of the application

Earlier this summer, Bondi also went in Fox News to threaten Iceblock Joshua Aaron. “We are looking at him,” she said. “It was better to watch.” Almost at that time, Bondi also said she wanted it CNN trial Slide broadcast on the application.

Marcus Charles also suggested ICE removal manager, I also suggested iPlock and similar ice tracking in Deady shooting at an ice facility In Dallas, although the shooter knew the location of the facility without a tracking application.

“I am incredibly disappointed by Apple’s Apple behavior today. Carrying out an authoritarian system is never the right step,” Harun said, Harun said. 404 media. “This is a protected speech according to the first amendment to the US constitution.”

“The information provided to Apple by law enforcement appears that your application violates the guideline principle 1.1.1 because its purpose is to provide signed information about law enforcement employees who can be used to harm these people separately or as a group.”

In 2019, Apple Removed A collective assault application allows users to track Hong Kong police movements amid Hong Kong protests that distinguished themselves Police brutality. At that time, many Republican lawmakers rushed to criticize the decision and considered this Censorship.

“It should never be controlled by American companies or informing them of what they are heading by foreign opponents,” the Republican Senator in Florida Rick Scott at the time.

Iceblock ranked first in the application store during the summer, as the Trump administration increased its policy of collective deportations and ice raids, as part of the president’s promise to “the greatest deportation” in the history of the United States.

“In recent years, ICE has faced criticism for violations of alleged civil rights and failure to adhere to constitutional principles and legal procedures, which makes it important for societies to be aware of their operations,” ICEBLOCK writes to clarify the reason for the existence of the application.

The application insists that it is completely unknown, but this claim has been competed. Iceblock, the application does not maintain a database for the user’s activity, but a database for downloads is available on Apple, and Apple is likely to also track device records for payment notifications, according to other founders that focus on privacy who have spoken to freedom About this earlier this year. On the other hand, a third -party security researcher Assure Iceblock’s allegations of total privacy and not to disclose its identity.

The app has been exclusively available for iOS, so it is not now clear what the future for iCEBLock and its users.