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Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app
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Apple said it yanked an app called ICEBlock from its app store after the "safety risks" of the app were made known to the company.
"We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store — and Apple did so," said Bondi in a statement to Fox News.
After it was booted from Apple's app store, Aaron blamed political pressure and vowed to fight it.
Conservatives for years accused the Biden administration of this tactic over communications it had with tech companies related to accounts that were spreading COVID and election misinformation.
Trump has given Apple and other tech companies something of a gift, too, by exempting smartphones, including Apple's iPhones, from tariffs.