For the second time in one week, Apple has removed an app from its App Store that was designed to track abuses by Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Last week, Apple removed ICEBlock , an app designed to allow users to report nearby ICE activity in their neighborhoods. The app, which Trump administration officials had frequently criticized, sought to keep immigrants abreast of federal law enforcement’s presence in their communities.
“We just received a message from Apple’s App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to ‘objectionable content’,” ICEBlock wrote, in a post on Bluesky last week. “The only thing we can imagine is this is due to pressure from the Trump Admin. We have responded and we’ll fight this! #resist.”
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