The Donald Trump administration reached out to Apple demanding the removal of an ICE tracker app called ICEBlock. This development comes just as Trump completed his successful round of settlements with social media platforms that banned him after the Jan. 6 insurrection during the start of the Joe Biden administration — leaving some with a bad taste in their mouth.
ICEBlock launched on Apple’s App Store in April, following Trump’s aggressive push for mass deportations, which led some to find creative ways to show civil disobedience. The app did not share any personal details of ICE agents; instead, it notified users when they were within a five-mile radius of an ICE agent.
