WashingtonRep. Jamie Raskin says Apple aided US immigration enforcement.
One company’s App Store can erase a lawful tool from every iPhone, with no court involved.
Apple pulled ICEBlock after a Dallas immigration-facility shooting, though Raskin says the shooter didn’t need it to find the building.
Apple says it acted to prevent “a potential roadmap for targeted violence,” citing reports of rising threats against immigration officers.
Raskin wants Apple to release a full list of apps removed at the Justice Department’s request.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica leans critical
- emphasizes absence of evidence linking apps to Dallas ICE shooting, frames removal as potential First Amendment violation through Rep. Raskin's criticism
Sources: Ars Technica