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Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says

Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.

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Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
Source: Ars Technica

Apple continues to face backlash for removing ICE-tracking apps like ICEBlock from the App Store, a drastic step that seemed to be triggered by Trump administration claims that the apps endangered officers.

According to US Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Apple has no evidence to support claims that apps raised safety concerns. Instead, the lawmaker accused Apple of using immigrant deaths with no connection to the apps to justify censoring Americans who have the right to record ICE activity.

It appears that Apple is “working with the government to violate its customers’ First Amendment rights to record and report on the activities of their own government,” Raskin said in a letter to Apple sent Monday, CNN reported.

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