I never expected Tim Cook to bend the knee and submit without a fight. So disappointed as Apple removes apps that allow anonymous reporting of ICE agent sightings - Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents after coming under pressure from the Trump administration.
ICEBlock, a free iPhone-only app that lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, was no longer available on Apple’s App Store as of Friday. The developer had confirmed its removal on Thursday evening.
“We just received a message from Apple’s App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to “objectionable content’,” ICEBlock said in a social media post. “The only thing we can imagine is this is due to pressure from the Trump Admin. We have responded and we’ll fight this!”
https://apnews.com/article/apple-ice-iphone-app-immigration-fb6a404d3e977516d66d470585071bcc #apple #TimCook #submission #BendTheKnee #censorship #AppStore #ICE
Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said such tracking puts Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at risk. But users and developers of these apps say it’s their First Amendment right to capture what ICE is doing in their neighborhoods — and maintain that most turn to these platforms in efforts to protect their own safety as President Donald Trump steps up aggressive immigration enforcement across the country.
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Seeing a trend…
Now it’s the Foreign Minister of Poland getting the treatment.
“‘Say thank you' Rubio tells Poland”
“Musk wrote "Be quiet, small man.“
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