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Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock and other similar ICE-tracking apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration, in a rare instance of apps being taken down due to a U.S. federal government demand.
Alphabet's Google also removed similar apps on Thursday for policy violations, but the company said it was not approached by the Justice Department before taking the action.
The app alerts users to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area, which the Justice Department says could increase the risk of assault on U.S. agents.
[...] Apple removed more than 1,700 apps from its App Store in 2024 in response to government demands, but the vast majority — more than 1,300 — came from China, followed by Russia with 171 and South Korea with 79.
(Score: 2) by aafcac on Friday October 10, @12:08AM (3 children)
These are government officials that are operating in public. Tracking them should absolutely be legal. It's not even like they're showing their names or identifying themselves. People have a right to know whether they're being kidnapped by criminals or ICE agents, but at this point, I'm not sure the two deserve to be in different categories. Little to none of what ICE is doing now is legal.
(Score: 2) by aafcac on Friday October 10, @12:47AM (2 children)
It's generally illegal despite what some folks are saying, there probably are exceptions, but it's nonsense to suggest that illegal immigrants don't typically break laws. It looks to me like it's a fine if you're caught in the process of crossing improperly, but we're not really talking about that here.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325 [cornell.edu]
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday October 10, @06:28PM (1 child)
but it's nonsense to suggest that illegal immigrants don't typically break laws
The statistics say you're ignorant or lying. Don't you have a Google? [house.gov] That is the first result of asking "immigrant crime vs citizen crime usa". The statistics, not some lie that Trump pulled out of his ass, say that immigrants commit far fewer crimes than American citizens.
Why do you take a proven pathological liar at his word? How many African princes are sending you fortunes?
Mad at your neighbors? Join ICE, $50,000 signing bonus and a LICENSE TO MURDER!
(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 10, @07:07PM
The Sacklers used false statistics to enable their drug pushing network to trigger the opioid crisis. "Less than 1% of opioid prescriptions result in an addiction", or words to that effect. That testimony in front of congress persuaded congress critters to allow the Sackler's drugs to be pushed by 20% of the doctors in this nation.
But, false statistics. The fact that someone PAID human traffickers to get them across a border is a strong indication that they don't care about no laws. It's silly to claim otherwise.
ICE is having a Pretti Good season.