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Apple Removes ICE Tracking Apps After Pressure by Trump Administration

posted by hubie on Wednesday October 08, @12:31PM   Printer-friendly

mrpg writes:

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/apple-removes-ice-tracking-apps-after-pressure-by-trump-administration-2025-10-03/:

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.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday October 10, @12:52AM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 10, @12:52AM (#1420117) Journal

    Except they're not even operating within the constraints of the constitution because SCOTUS is packed with ideologues that ignore the constitution whenever it's convenience, much of the time they don't even bother to explain their reasoning.

    <stage whisper>I think they call them... liberal judges</stage whisper> I don't take the ideological concerns serious here - I have a great deal of trust in all the justices. But your post just reminded me of a clueless blog from the other side complaining about a "liberal judge" who blocked a Trump overreach. There's always excuses.

  • (Score: 2) by aafcac on Friday October 10, @01:05AM

    by aafcac (17646) on Friday October 10, @01:05AM (#1420119)

    No, and that's dumb even by your standards. The right-leaning judges often times don't even bother to explain why they ruled the way that they did and have done a ton of heavy lifting to ensure that Trump and his associates are allowed to continue doing what they've been doing. Yes, the liberal judges do make mistakes, but at least the rulings they make have some basis in case law and the constitution.