Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents after coming under pressure from the Trump administration. ICEBlock, aniPhone-only app that lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers is no longer available on Apple’s App Store. ICEBlock and other crowdsourcing apps like it are being targeted, but crowdsourced technology has become common in the app store. Navigation apps like Waze or Google Maps for Android phones have been in use for years. Part of their draw is that users are alerted to police speed traps by other drivers. Neither of those apps has been targeted by US officials.
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