Saturday, October 04, 2025

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Tech Giants Remove ICE-Tracking Apps Amid Regulatory Pressure (4)


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Apple removes ICE-spotting app amid concerns over targeting enforcement officers

Imran Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has taken down Red Dot, an app designed to track and report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The removal follows Apple’s App Store policies on safety and harassment, which treat ICE agents as a “vulnerable...Read m…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apple #google #apps #privacy #digitalprivacy

Both ICEBlock and Red Dot allow users to anonymously report sightings of ICE agents and view nearby reports www.theverge.com/news/791533/...

5 months / bsky / @stevefm20.bsky.social / stevefm20.bsky.social

Google removes ICE-spotting app following Apple's ICEBlock crackdown

5 months / theverge

Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

5 months / wired / Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts

Apple removes ICE-spotting app amid concerns over targeting enforcement officers

5 months / ithinkdiff / Imran Hussain

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