Overview

• Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi publicly urged a takedown, and Apple removed ICEBlock from the App Store within hours.
• Apple offered no detailed rationale beyond referencing safety concerns.
• ICEBlock let users crowdsource and view reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement sightings to alert local communities.
• Developer Joshua Aaron said he will fight the removal and likened the app to Waze-style reporting tools.
• Legal scholars characterized the move as government pressure on a private platform, and the Justice Department declined to say whether it requested the takedown.