Company removed the Iceblock from the app store citing risk to the safety of ICE agents
Apple has removed from its apps app from brand devices – Iceblock, which tracks and warns the presence of ICE (Immigration and Customs Pourcement, the United States) service in certain areas.
The removal was done after pressure from the government (Republican Party). The justification of the company is the risk of safety for ICE agents. The Justice Department warned of the increase in the possibility of aggression against them. The information is from the agency.
“Based on the information we received from the police authorities about the safety risks associated with Iceblock, we remove this and similar applications from the App Store”Says Apple in a statement.
Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that Iceblock was created to put agents at risk and that violence against them is “red line”Unacceptable.
Organizations claim that the action raises concerns about freedom of expression.
The measure is part of a context of concern for the safety of ICE agents, the central part of the Trump government’s immigration agenda, one of the flags of his election campaign.
One at the Dallas Immigration Service office in Texas left 2 dead. The suspect, that “anti-ICEIn one of the unused bullets, he took his own life after the attack, which still left a wounded.
In response, the Justice Department is sending agents to reinforce the safety of federal immigration facilities.
Trump instructed the task forces to combat terrorism across the country “to interrupt and investigate all entities and individuals involved in acts of domestic terrorism, including repeated acts of violence and obstruction against federal agents”.
