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The developer of ICEBlock, an app used to track local sightings of ICE agents and other law enforcement authorities, sued the U.S. government on Monday for allegedly infringing his free speech rights.

After Apple removed the app from its store in October, creator Joshua Aaron criticized the Trump administration for pressuring the iPhone maker to ban ICEBlock over fears it could be used to harm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Attorneys for Aaron wrote in the complaint that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi made clear that the government "used its regulatory power to coerce a private platform to suppress First Amendment-protected expression," when she said the Department of Justice demand

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