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1. ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 09:06 PM

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https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/nx-s1-5631826/iceblock-app-lawsuit-trump-bondi

ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'

DECEMBER 8, 202510:00 AM ET
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Bobby Allyn

The developer of ICEBlock, an iPhone app that anonymously tracks the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations after Apple removed the service from its app store under demands from the White House.

The suit, filed on Monday in federal court in Washington, asks a judge to declare that the administration violated the First Amendment when it threatened to criminally prosecute the app's developer and pressured Apple to make the app unavailable for download, which the tech company did in October.

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