ICEBlock lawsuit: Trump admin bragged about demanding App Store removal
In a lawsuit filed against top Trump administration officials on Monday, Apple was accused of caving to unconstitutional government demands by removing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-spotting app from the App Store with more than a million users.
In his complaint, Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock, cited a Fox News interview in which Attorney General Pam Bondi made plain that the United States government used its regulatory power to coerce a private platform to suppress First Amendment-protected expression."
Suing Bondi-along with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Acting Director of ICE Todd Lyons, White House Border Czar" Thomas D. Homan, and unnamed others-Aaron further alleged that US officials made false statements and unlawful threats" to criminally investigate and prosecute him for developing ICEBlock.