ICEBlock

The creator of ICEBlock, an app that crowdsources ICE agent sightings, sued the U.S. government, claiming Apple’s removal of the app violated his First‑Amendment rights. Apple, citing its policy against content that harms targeted groups, pulled the app after pressure from the Trump administration; Google imposed a similar ban on Android. The case highlights growing tensions between platform gatekeeping and free speech, the commercial risk for independent developers, and the regulatory challenges of geospatial data‑driven civic tools.