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DOJ pressures tech companies into removing ICE-tracking apps and pages

  1. Original Date Announced

    October 3, 2025

    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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    2025.10.03 Reported: Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration - Reuters
  2. Subsequent Trump and Court Action

    October 8, 2025

    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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  3. Subsequent Trump and Court Action

    October 14, 2025

    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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Current Status

None

Original Trump Policy Status

Subject Matter: Enforcement
Agencies Affected: DHS ICE

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