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Reuters reports that Apple removed the app ICEBlock, along with similar apps, from its Application Store for "safety risks" after the Department of Justice (DOJ) pressured the company to act. ICEBlock is an app that lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by ICE officers. DOJ argued that ICE-tracking apps could endanger immigration-enforcement agents.

Google also removed a related tracking app from its platform on the same day for policy violations, but said that it was not approached by DOJ before taking the action.

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2025.10.08 Reported: Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses - 404Media

404 Media reports that Apple removed Eyes Up, an app that was compiling a historical record of ICE activity across the country, from its Application Store. The app, like the equivalent website, allowed users to submit TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos that documented abusive immigration-enforcement conduct. In contrast to similar apps banned by Apple, Eyes Up does not function as a real-time location reporting app. 404 Media reports that in emails to the app developers, Apple cited violations of the company’s guidelines on objectionable content and endangering law-enforcement officers.

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2025.10.14 AG Bondi - Tweet/X post annoucing Meta's removal of ICE-tracking Facebook page

Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X that Facebook removed a "large group page" used to "dox and target [ICE] agents in Chicago" in response to DOJ "outreach." The post also states that DOJ will "continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement." According to the Associated Press (AP), Meta stated that the page was "removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm."

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2025.11.20 Complaint - Electronic Frontier Foundation v. DOJ

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit defending technology-related civil liberties, filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to seek records and communications on the federal government's "demands that technology companies," including Apple, Google, and Meta, "remove online apps and webpages that document immigration enforcement." EFF alleges that Defendant agencies violated FOIA by wrongfully withholding agency records requested by EFF from DOJ, DHS, ICE, and CBP. The complaint seeks injunctive relief ordering the agencies to immediately produce the requested records. Electronic Frontier Foundation v. DOJ, No. 3:25-cv-09984 (N.D. Cal.).

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2025.12.08 Complaint - Aaron v. Bondi

ICEBlock's developer filed suit against Attorney General Bondi and other government officials, alleging that they violated his First Amendment rights by demanding Apple's removal of ICEBlock from the App Store and threatening to criminally prosecute the app developer. The complaint quotes Bondi saying: “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store–and Apple did so" in an appearance on Fox News. It emphasizes that ICEBlock does not enable or encourage confrontation of ICE agents, and compares its function to apps like Google Maps and Waze allowing users to report speed traps. The complaint asks the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and enjoin it from taking further action against Apple and/or the app developer. Aaron v. Bondi, No. 1:25-cv-04250 (D.D.C.).

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