Apple removes iCBLock applications and a similar follow from the application store

Apple has been removed Iceblock And other applications from its application store that allow users to report anonymous scenes about the US Migration and Customs agents (ICE), after pressing from the Trump administration.

The application, which He went earlier this yearIt allowed users to share the information legally about the place where ICE agents saw in a 5 -miles radius from their site, as well as sharing the details of the clothes agents that he wears.

According to the various media ReportsApple said it has removed applications after calling them by “law application” about “safety risks” associated with iPlock applications and similar applications.

“We have contacted Apple today, demanding the removal of the iceblock application from their application store – I did Apple,” said American Public Prosecutor Pamela Bondi in a statement sent via e -mail. The Ministry of Justice did not respond to questions related to the details of the required applications, and how many are in their list.

It should be noted that Iceblock does not collect or store any user data, which is confirmed by Techcrunch by analyzing the application of the application network as part of the test.

The removal comes in the wake of the escalating tensions between the Trump administration and those who oppose the militant immigration agenda, especially after a shooting At the Dallas Ice Detention Center last week, two detainees and one in the hospital were killed. CNBC quote The Federal Bureau of Investigation claims that the gunman searched the applications to track the presence of ice agents.

The United States government argues that applications such as IceBlock endangering federal workers by revealing their locations and effects. The officials have repeatedly threatened to take legal measures against those who use iceblock, and the Minister of Internal Security Christie sleep in July said that officials are trying to know if it is CNN can be prosecuted to inform it about the application.

“Iceblock is designed to put ICE agents at risk just to take their functions,” Bondi said in the statement.

Bondi in July as well to caution Iceblock developer, Joshua Aaron, that the Ministry of Justice was “looking at it”.

Apple and the Ministry of Justice immediately did not respond to a request for comment. Iceblock developers cannot be accessed for comment.

This story was updated to add a quotation by American attorney Pamela Bondi.