Apple removed ICEBlock, an immigration enforcement tracking app, after the DOJ warned it endangered ICE officers. The decision followed a Dallas field office shooting where the suspect searched for tracking tools. Creator Joshua Aaron criticized the move as capitulation, arguing ICEBlock was no different from other mapping apps.
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00:02Apple removed IceBlock, a popular immigration enforcement tracking app from its app store on Thursday after the Department of Justice raised safety concerns, according to Fox Business.
00:11Attorney General Pam Bondi said the app endangered ICE officers and confirmed her office urged Apple to take it down, citing escalating violence against immigration agents.
00:19Who files last month's deadly shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas in the suspect's search for tracking tools, including IceBlock, for opening fire.
00:26Apple said it acted after receiving information from law enforcement about risk to officer safety and removed similar apps as well.
00:33IceBlock's creator, Joshua Aaron, criticized Apple's decision as capitulation, arguing the app functioned like other mapping services and vowing to fight the removal.
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