The technology giant Apple, based on the USA, removed the IceBlock application from the App Store, along with other similar software after US President Donald Trump led by administration ordered companies to take them off to take off them due to the risk of potential assaults.
“Based on the information we have received from the enforcement of the right to security risks associated with IceBlock, we have removed it and similar applications from the app store,” Apple said in an official statement in the report.
IceBlock was an application that warned immigration and customs recovery users (ICE) near their area, which the Ministry of Justice, according to a report, may increase the risk of attacks on US federal agents.
Apple’s movement to remove ice block and similar applications can intensify the debate on the links of technology companies to Trump’s management. According to an agency report, many companies, including Apple, avoid a collision with the White House that releases tariffs on American imports.
In an official statement quoted by Fox Business, the US General Prosecutor Pam Bondi said Apple had contacted the Ministry of Justice to pull the application on Thursday, and the company would comply.
“Iceblock is designed to endanger ICE agents just for doing their work, and violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be exceeded,” Bondi told the news portal.
Trump’s hard immigration agenda
Immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) were on the agenda of US President Donald Trump because the federal agency was running frequent air raids to arrest migrants.
Civilian supervision of federal immigration agents allegedly became more assertive because Trump returned to his White House in January 2025.
ICE attacked several facilities with illegal immigrants who are in the United States, and at the same time increased recovery with a new $ 75 billion financing by 2029. The immigration agency also allegedly arrested the visa holder and permanent US residents focused on pro-Palestinian defense.
In 2024, Apple removed more than 1700 applications from its applications shop in response to the requirements of the Federal Government. The vast majority of these applications, over 1300, came from China, followed by Russia with 171 and South Korea with 79.
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