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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Bernadette B. Tixon

ICE-Tracking App Pulled From Apple Store Triggers Free Speech Lawsuit Against Trump Administration

Joshua Aaron, the Austin-based developer of ICEBlock, filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Trump administration after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded Apple remove his ICE-tracking app from the App Store. (Credit: Screenshot from ICEBlock website)

An Austin-based software developer has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing high-ranking officials of violating his First Amendment rights by pressuring Apple to remove an application designed to track immigration enforcement activity.

The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that Attorney General Pam Bondi engaged in unconstitutional 'jawboning'—the use of government power to coerce a private entity into suppressing speech—when she publicly demanded the removal of the 'ICEBlock' app.

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