has to be user forums tracking ICE activity out there. Networking through "word of mouth"

That being said, shame on Apple. Not a surprise, since many of the corporate entities both domestic and foreign appear to have no problem caving in to the sociopath for the all mighty buck, with no problem selling our democracy down the river.

I wonder if the time is coming where the government will start blocking certain internet sites like they do in China and other authoritative regimes, that the government views as "undesirable"

are alternative apps.

https://www.iceblock.app/

If it had any open source code, then it can be ported to work with all kinds of operating systems (phone or otherwise).

ETA - here is a variant that was supposedly for Android - https://fire-app.net/

I get that ICE doesn't like being tracked, but neither do traffic cops, and Waze, Apple Maps and Google Maps all allow users to report where there are cops sitting by the road. What's the difference?

When will they start cracking down on people who've downloaded the app? That would seem to be the next step.

and that was before any "apps" like Waze. The "crowd sourcing" of the past used to be CB-Radio!

I remember those days too!

Then you had the "detector wars" with companies making different ways to conceal them in your vehicles, changing what type of speed guns they could sense. My cousin got busted with one in I think Texas or OK (it was the usual ex confederate states that did this shit mostly) and had to pay a 500 dollar fine in the 80's! That was a ton of cash back then.

I think they are illegal in some states but some "old school" drivers still use them and the hard core also have police scanners and monitor the chatter! Most of that stuff is online nowadays too. In fact, I just found this for Philly (tracking the PPD and PFD) - https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/4603

run their campaigns that let people know they were even running.

A software developer has no legal right, first amendment, contractual or otherwise to post or keep an application on a Private Companies App Store. It is completely within Apple's discretion to accept the Federal Government's assertion that the app in question could put the safety of ICE agents at risk. If they were to reject that, and an ICE agent was injured, they would be legally liable.

This is quite different fro the FCC laying a heavy hand on broadcast TV.

It's not "different".

Your example of going after broadcast media to "censor", is showing exactly what the problem is when it comes to other "media" like "social media" (apps). We're going through that with TikTok and the idiotic violation of a law to bend and sculpt that "app" and its "ownership".

Both "medias" are "regulated" by the federal government but the extent (and manner) of that regulation is what is at issue.

What do you think this is - https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app

(see the extension?)

Apps that are being used for "community" communication ARE "social media"

Right now, you have state and federal involvement in "privacy" issues and "age verification" -

State and Federal Developments in Minors’ Privacy in 2025

The age verification issue is being litigated right now -

Supreme Court Upholds Age Verification: A Game-Changer for Child Online Safety Laws

Access to certain content has been done both through the web AND "apps".

Nevertheless, I believe Apple would be legally liable if it could be proved that the app in question led to assaults on ICE agents after being informed by the Federal Government that (in their view) the social media platform put the safety of ICE Agents at risk.

There is a giganto case - Gonzalez v. Google

SCOTUS remanded that back to the 9th Circuit (2023) - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1333_6j7a.pdf

but where you had this ruling for the related case that was decided Twitter v. Taamneh and as part of that -

Money was the only thing Disney understood and so will Apple

make the Android OS.

That being said, there are most likely other avenues to obtain that information. The problem will be when they start blocking access to sites that the government doesn’t approve of, like they do in China, Russia, and other authoritarian regimes.

To build his cult.

grocery store in Yakima Washington. I gave her the app and told it to share it with the co worker who worked at that store. I hope they got it installed. I assume its just going to not b updated and eventually not work.

They vowed to get so rich and powerful that they could not only tell the bullies to fuck off but also destroy them in the process.

Yeah, didn’t quite work out that way did it?

You know, do something that would really improve this country….

To pay tribute to the Shitgibbon, and pledge Apple to his service.

FUCK THEM