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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, @12:41AM
That's a word game. It means that rather than going to jail or prison they get deported and possibly fined. They've broken laws either way and it's high time that the system was fixed and we started going after the employers that ignore the laws.
The whole business of it being a civil violation rather than a criminal one implies that there isn't a lot of crime and abuse that accompanies it. It's a bit of a moot point right now because they've deported literal citizens.