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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 mcgrew on Friday October 10, @06:35PM
There's a bunch of jobs that legitimately can't/won't be done by citizens and people with green cards and we need to fix the visa program for things like farmworkers so that people can legally come and do their work without fear of being deported
Or we could raise the minimum wage to a living wage like it was fifty years ago. Americans don't mind hard work, but we're not letting some billionaire steal our labor by paying federal minimum wage or less. Or are you one of those who think that "we" are better than "them"?
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